Duality (TSV) · Slipknot

151 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 4:10 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
151
LENGTH
4:10
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 50-52, 54-56 and 72-74, and 7 more places -- 21% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
DUALITY (TSV) · BAR 52
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 37 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 14-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 20-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 47-49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

151 bars across 11 sections: 85 keep time, 43 are fills, 1 is a stop and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 33-46.

COUNT-IN
PART C
PART H
PART M
CHORUS
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART AI
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesRHMAIC+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Duality (TSV)?

145 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 Duality (TSV) hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

151 bars, about 4:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 16 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Duality (TSV)?

11 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 37 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 151 BARS ANALYSED
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