Chokehold · Sleep Token

78 bars of 4/4 at 114 BPM, about 2:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMShuffle / tripletBeginner
TEMPO
114 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
78
LENGTH
2:44
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6, 14 and 18, and 5 more places -- 11.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 114 BPM
CHOKEHOLD · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 5, 13, 17, 21, 40, 41 and 8 more.

LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 114 BPM
BARS 40-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

78 bars across 9 sections: 39 keep time, 14 are fills, 8 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 43-48.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART S3
PART L
PART O
PART J
PART W
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesEAEWLO+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Chokehold?

114 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 Chokehold hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

78 bars, about 2:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 11 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Chokehold?

11 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 5, 13, 17, 21, 40, 41 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 78 BARS ANALYSED
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