Sad But True by Metallica (2) · Ross Carnes

121 bars of 4/4 at a walking 93 BPM, 5:08 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
93 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
121
LENGTH
5:08
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 58% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-13, 15-16 and 20, and 22 more places -- 57.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 93 BPM
SAD BUT TRUE BY METALLICA (2) · BAR 11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 4, 8, 9, 29, 52, 70 and 7 more.

LOOP · 93 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 93 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 93 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

121 bars across 3 sections: 100 keep time, 13 are fills and 6 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 30-51.

PART A
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesGAOFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sad But True by Metallica (2)?

93 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 Sad But True by Metallica (2) hard to play on drums?

55 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 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

121 bars, about 5:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 25 exercises over 8 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Sad But True by Metallica (2)?

9 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 4, 8, 9, 29, 52, 70 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 121 BARS ANALYSED
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