Kryptonite · 3 Doors Down

93 bars of 4/4 at a walking 99 BPM, 3:45 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
99 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
93
LENGTH
3:45
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 45% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 21-27 and 29, and 21 more places -- 44.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 99 BPM
KRYPTONITE · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 16, 20, 28, 36, 40, 48 and 3 more.

LOOP · 99 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 99 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 99 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 99 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

93 bars across 5 sections: 75 keep time, 9 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-15.

PART B
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesDBKS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Kryptonite?

99 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 Kryptonite hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

93 bars, about 3:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 21 exercises over 6 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Kryptonite?

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 16, 20, 28, 36, 40, 48 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 93 BARS ANALYSED
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