Critical Darling · Slipknot

179 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 5:15 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
179
LENGTH
5:15
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-16, 18-20 and 22-24, and 6 more places -- 13.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 132 BPM
CRITICAL DARLING · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 13, 28, 45, 51, 67, 84 and 9 more.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

179 bars across 21 sections: 125 keep time, 15 are fills, 9 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 91-112.

PART B
CHORUS
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART M
PART X
PART I
PART M
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
12 groovesDMXIB+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Critical Darling?

132 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 Critical Darling hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

179 bars, about 5:15 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 20 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Critical Darling?

10 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 13, 28, 45, 51, 67, 84 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 179 BARS ANALYSED
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