Finger of Death · Deftones

151 bars of 4/4 at 128 BPM, about 4:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
128 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
151
LENGTH
4:38
DIFFICULTY
47/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13, 15 and 17, and 24 more places -- 21.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 128 BPM
FINGER OF DEATH · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 18, 32, 34, 50, 58, 62 and 20 more.

LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

151 bars across 12 sections: 86 keep time, 26 are fills, 2 are stops and 24 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 37-49.

PART C
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART W
PART AB
PART S10
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesES10AIAMW+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Finger of Death?

128 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 Finger of Death hard to play on drums?

47 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 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

151 bars, about 4:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 14 sittings, about 27 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 Finger of Death?

17 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 18, 32, 34, 50, 58, 62 and 20 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 151 BARS ANALYSED
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