Do Nothing / Bitchslap · Slipknot

143 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 4:14 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalElectronic120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
143
LENGTH
4:14
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 16-22, 32-34 and 36-38, and 3 more places -- 18.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
DO NOTHING / BITCHSLAP · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 44 times: bars 13, 14, 15, 23, 39, 41 and 38 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 41-43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

143 bars across 17 sections: 73 keep time, 44 are fills, 7 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 4-9.

CHORUS
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART AB
PART AJ
PART AS
CHORUS 3
PART M
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
12 groovesKBCMAJAB+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Do Nothing / Bitchslap?

135 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 Do Nothing / Bitchslap hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

143 bars, about 4:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 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 Do Nothing / Bitchslap?

20 fills to learn, played 44 times: bars 13, 14, 15, 23, 39, 41 and 38 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 143 BARS ANALYSED
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