May 17 · Slipknot

70 bars of 4/4 at a walking 107 BPM, 2:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
107 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
70
LENGTH
2:36
DIFFICULTY
89/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15-17, 23-25 and 31-33, and 1 more place -- 18.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 107 BPM
MAY 17 · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26 and 22 more.

LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

70 bars across 8 sections: 27 keep time, 28 are fills, 2 are stops and 5 are silent.

COUNT-IN
PART D
CHORUS
PART T
PART W
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesHJWDS1+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is May 17?

107 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 May 17 hard to play on drums?

89 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 87 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

70 bars, about 2:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 11 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, 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 May 17?

10 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26 and 22 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 70 BARS ANALYSED
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