Metal Solo · Negative Harmony

22 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 0:35 of playing, on crash, snare, high tom and kick.

150 BPM and upFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
22
LENGTH
0:35
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 68% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-3, 5-7 and 9-11, and 2 more places -- 68.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 150 BPM
METAL SOLO · BAR 1
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 16, 20 and 21.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 20-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

22 bars: 18 keep time, 3 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-15.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Metal Solo?

150 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 Metal Solo hard to play on drums?

60 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

22 bars, about 0:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 6 exercises over 3 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare, high tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Metal Solo?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 16, 20 and 21.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 22 BARS ANALYSED
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