Confessions (With Solo) · Slipknot

154 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 4:06 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

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TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
154
LENGTH
4:06
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 33-38, 41-46 and 49-54, and 1 more place -- 13.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
CONFESSIONS (WITH SOLO) · BARS 33-34
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

19 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20 and 26 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15

15 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

154 bars across 11 sections: 101 keep time, 32 are fills, 2 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 32-55.

PART C
PART Q
CHORUS
PART AJ
PART AO
PART Y
PART AF
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesSQCAFY+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Confessions (With Solo)?

150 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 Confessions (With Solo) hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 71 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

154 bars, about 4:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 56 exercises over 19 sittings, about 25 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 Confessions (With Solo)?

19 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20 and 26 more.

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