Enter Sandman for Small Drum Kits · Metallica

171 bars of 4/4 at 123 BPM, about 5:32 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
123 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
171
LENGTH
5:32
DIFFICULTY
51/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30-32, 34-36 and 38-40, and 14 more places -- 22.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 123 BPM
ENTER SANDMAN FOR SMALL DRUM KITS · BAR 31
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 49, 76, 96, 122, 123, 129 and 1 more.

LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BARS 122-123 · LANDS ON BAR 124 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 129 · LANDS ON BAR 130
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 171
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

171 bars across 21 sections: 135 keep time, 7 are fills, 4 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 23-44.

PART H
PART K
CHORUS 2
PART E
CHORUS 4
PART K
PART Z
11 groovesLKEHM+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Enter Sandman for Small Drum Kits?

123 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 Enter Sandman for Small Drum Kits hard to play on drums?

51 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

171 bars, about 5:32 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Enter Sandman for Small Drum Kits?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 49, 76, 96, 122, 123, 129 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 171 BARS ANALYSED
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