Dead Memories (Studio Version) · Slipknot

137 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 4:23 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
137
LENGTH
4:23
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 44, 73 and 81, and 2 more places -- 10.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
DEAD MEMORIES (STUDIO VERSION) · BAR 44
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 6, 8, 16, 17, 24, 25 and 27 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 24-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

13 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: 75 keep time, 33 are fills, 3 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-15.

PART A
PART E
PART M
CHORUS
PART E
PART AB
CHORUS 2
PART U
PART AM
PART S12
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesQEABUW+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Dead Memories (Studio Version)?

125 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 (Studio Version) hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

137 bars, about 4:23 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 60 exercises over 17 sittings, about 27 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 (Studio Version)?

17 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 6, 8, 16, 17, 24, 25 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 137 BARS ANALYSED
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