Gently (MFKR Version) · 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.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
197
LENGTH
5:22
DIFFICULTY
58/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 5% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19, 23 and 27, and 3 more places -- 4.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
GENTLY (MFKR VERSION) · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

26 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 16, 20, 24, 28, 31, 32 and 52 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 31-32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37

22 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

197 bars across 25 sections: 73 keep time, 58 are fills, 14 are stops and 24 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 181-188.

COUNT-IN
PART C
PART E
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
20 groovesAHCAES1BM+15Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Gently (MFKR Version)?

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 Version) hard to play on drums?

58 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 57 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 90 exercises over 26 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 Gently (MFKR Version)?

26 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 16, 20, 24, 28, 31, 32 and 52 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 197 BARS ANALYSED
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