Cradle · Mudvayne

113 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 5:39 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
113
LENGTH
5:39
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 6% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 5-7 and 9-11 -- 5.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 80 BPM
CRADLE · BARS 5-6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 54 times: bars 14, 24, 27, 28, 30, 34 and 48 more.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 27-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

113 bars across 12 sections: 40 keep time, 54 are fills, 1 is a stop and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-11.

PART B
PART E
PART K
CHORUS
PART AO
PART AV
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesTEAOAVK+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cradle?

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 Cradle hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

113 bars, about 5:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 55 exercises over 21 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 Cradle?

16 fills to learn, played 54 times: bars 14, 24, 27, 28, 30, 34 and 48 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 113 BARS ANALYSED
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