Iowa · Slipknot

548 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 14:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock150 BPM and upBeginner
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
548
LENGTH
14:37
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15, 17 and 35, and 36 more places -- 13.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
IOWA · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 98, 113, 114, 129, 130, 138 and 35 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 98 · LANDS ON BAR 99
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 113-114 · LANDS ON BAR 115 · PLAYED 10 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 138 · LANDS ON BAR 139 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 193-194 · LANDS ON BAR 195 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

548 bars across 37 sections: 313 keep time, 41 are fills, 122 are stops and 46 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 20-48.

PART A
PART B
CHORUS
PART X
BREAK 2
PART BX
OUTRO
23 groovesNBAXS12+18Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Iowa?

150 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 Iowa hard to play on drums?

53 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 12 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

548 bars, about 14:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 88 exercises over 22 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Iowa?

16 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 98, 113, 114, 129, 130, 138 and 35 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 548 BARS ANALYSED
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