Metal Man · Deny Cardiff

161 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 4:59 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
161
LENGTH
4:59
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-15, 17-19 and 21-23, and 4 more places -- 13.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 132 BPM
METAL MAN · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 54 times: bars 1, 2, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 48 more.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

163 bars across 12 sections: 75 keep time, 54 are fills, 17 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 35-45.

PART F
CHORUS
PART Q
CHORUS 2
PART Q
PART T
PART AF
PART AM
OUTRO
8 groovesHAFQTF+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Metal Man?

132 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 Metal Man hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 83 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

161 bars, about 4:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 51 exercises over 16 sittings, about 26 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 Metal Man?

17 fills to learn, played 54 times: bars 1, 2, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 48 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 161 BARS ANALYSED
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