Bleed (Slowed) · Meshuggah

211 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 10:33 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
211
LENGTH
10:33
DIFFICULTY
89/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 42-43, 45-46 and 48-49, and 8 more places -- 11.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BLEED (SLOWED) · BARS 42-43
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 114 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 21 and 108 more.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 1-3 · LANDS ON BAR 4 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 21-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 26-44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 19 TIMES

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

211 bars across 17 sections: 66 keep time, 114 are fills, 1 is a stop and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 192-208.

PART A
PART S4
CHORUS
PART P
PART AB
PART AO
BREAK 2
PART S11
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
16 groovesMPS4AI+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bleed (Slowed)?

80 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Bleed (Slowed) hard to play on drums?

89 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 72 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

211 bars, about 10:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 63 exercises over 27 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Bleed (Slowed)?

15 fills to learn, played 114 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 21 and 108 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 211 BARS ANALYSED
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