Dead Memories (Full) · Slipknot

137 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 4:13 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
137
LENGTH
4:13
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 42-46, 71-75 and 79-83, and 2 more places -- 21.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
DEAD MEMORIES (FULL) · BARS 42-43
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 6, 8, 16, 17, 33, 41 and 20 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

137 bars across 14 sections: 85 keep time, 26 are fills, 3 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 114-128.

PART A
PART E
PART J
PART Q
CHORUS
PART Z
PART Q
CHORUS 2
PART AG
PART S12
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesTQES12A+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Dead Memories (Full)?

130 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 Dead Memories (Full) hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

137 bars, about 4:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 56 exercises over 19 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 Dead Memories (Full)?

16 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 6, 8, 16, 17, 33, 41 and 20 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 137 BARS ANALYSED
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