Killing Strangers · Marilyn Manson

166 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 6:04 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / Indie120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
166
LENGTH
6:04
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7, 21-23 and 27-29, and 11 more places -- 23.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
KILLING STRANGERS · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 52.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

166 bars across 13 sections: 122 keep time, 1 is a fill, 6 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 58-82.

PART C
CHORUS
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART L
OUTRO 2
8 groovesELS13MC+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Killing Strangers?

120 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Strangers hard to play on drums?

40 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 13 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

166 bars, about 6:04 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Strangers?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 52.

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