Knife Prty · Deftones

137 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 4:59 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieMetal90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
137
LENGTH
4:59
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 41-42, 45-46 and 49, and 7 more places -- 19.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
KNIFE PRTY · BARS 41-42
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 16, 40, 42, 43, 44, 46 and 21 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 42-44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 12 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

137 bars across 14 sections: 74 keep time, 27 are fills, 4 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 55-67.

COUNT-IN
PART C
PART S3
PART C
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART T
PART U
PART W
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesJCS1S3T+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Knife Prty?

110 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 Knife Prty hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

137 bars, about 4:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 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 Knife Prty?

8 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 16, 40, 42, 43, 44, 46 and 21 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 137 BARS ANALYSED
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