Electric Red · Meshuggah

160 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 5:49 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
160
LENGTH
5:49
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 158 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 152 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 1-35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 35 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 37-43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 45-160 · PLAYED 116 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

160 bars: 2 keep time and 158 are fills.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Electric Red?

110 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Electric Red hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet.

How long is the drum part?

160 bars, about 5:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 4 sittings, about 48 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Electric Red?

3 fills to learn, played 158 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 152 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 160 BARS ANALYSED
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