One (Live) (2021 MasterClass) · Metallica

278 bars of 4/4 at a walking 102 BPM, 9:42 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
102 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
278
LENGTH
9:42
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30-32, 35-36 and 38, and 18 more places -- 16.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 102 BPM
ONE (LIVE) (2021 MASTERCLASS) · BAR 30
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 37, 65, 101, 105, 129, 132 and 20 more.

LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 101 · LANDS ON BAR 102
LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 105 · LANDS ON BAR 106
LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 129 · LANDS ON BAR 130

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

278 bars across 23 sections: 208 keep time, 27 are fills, 8 are stops and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 200-222.

PART J
PART J
PART K
PART AG
PART AO
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
14 groovesAIJKAOAG+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is One (Live) (2021 MasterClass)?

102 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 One (Live) (2021 MasterClass) hard to play on drums?

54 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 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

278 bars, about 9:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 63 exercises over 20 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 One (Live) (2021 MasterClass)?

9 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 37, 65, 101, 105, 129, 132 and 20 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 278 BARS ANALYSED
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