Gently (MFKR) · Slipknot

197 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 5:22 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

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TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
197
LENGTH
5:22
DIFFICULTY
63/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 21 and 23, and 8 more places -- 8% 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
GENTLY (MFKR) · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

29 fills to learn, played 59 times: bars 16, 20, 28, 32, 36, 40 and 53 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37

25 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

197 bars across 21 sections: 83 keep time, 59 are fills, 11 are stops and 23 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 145-161.

COUNT-IN
PART C
PART G
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART AR
PART BR
OUTRO
16 groovesAECARGS1+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Gently (MFKR)?

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 Gently (MFKR) hard to play on drums?

63 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

197 bars, about 5:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 83 exercises over 26 sittings, about 25 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 (MFKR)?

29 fills to learn, played 59 times: bars 16, 20, 28, 32, 36, 40 and 53 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 197 BARS ANALYSED
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