Killing in the Name · Rage Against The Machine

119 bars of 4/4 at a walking 109 BPM, 4:20 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieMetal90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
109 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
119
LENGTH
4:20
DIFFICULTY
83/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-28, 30-32 and 58-60, and 1 more place -- 10.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 109 BPM
KILLING IN THE NAME · BAR 27
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 5, 6, 7, 8, 20, 21 and 9 more.

LOOP · 109 BPM
BARS 5-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 109 BPM
BARS 20-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 109 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50
LOOP · 109 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

119 bars across 14 sections: 80 keep time, 15 are fills and 4 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 83-98.

PART E
PART L
PART Q
PART S
PART L
PART X
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesZELAKJ+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Killing in the Name?

109 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 hard to play on drums?

83 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

119 bars, about 4:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 49 exercises over 19 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high 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 Killing in the Name?

6 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 5, 6, 7, 8, 20, 21 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 119 BARS ANALYSED
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