Killing In The Name (5-String Bass, Std Tuning) · Rage Against The Machine

119 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:58 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
119
LENGTH
3:58
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 22-24, 26-36 and 50-52, and 6 more places -- 48.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
KILLING IN THE NAME (5-STRING BASS, STD TUNING) · BAR 50
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 1, 49, 81, 104, 105, 118 and 1 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 104-105 · LANDS ON BAR 106 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 118-119 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

119 bars across 12 sections: 91 keep time, 7 are fills, 4 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 51-68.

PART C
PART D
CHORUS
PART K
CHORUS 2
PART K
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesGKDCJ+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Killing In The Name (5-String Bass, Std Tuning)?

120 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 Killing In The Name (5-String Bass, Std Tuning) hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

119 bars, about 3:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 9 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Killing In The Name (5-String Bass, Std Tuning)?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 1, 49, 81, 104, 105, 118 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 119 BARS ANALYSED
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