Gently (Iowa Version) · Slipknot

91 bars, 6:01, at 60 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

MetalRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
60 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
91
LENGTH
6:01
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-17 and 38-39 -- 20.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 60 BPM
GENTLY (IOWA VERSION) · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32 and 21 more.

LOOP · 60 BPM
BARS 24-26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 60 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 60 BPM
BARS 34-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 60 BPM
BARS 42-43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

91 bars across 9 sections: 54 keep time and 27 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-17.

CHORUS
PART B
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART U
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesAABUFB+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Gently (Iowa Version)?

60 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Gently (Iowa Version) hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 0 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

91 bars, about 6:01 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 13 sittings, about 23 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 Gently (Iowa Version)?

9 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32 and 21 more.

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