Scissors · Slipknot

351 bars of 4/4 at 148 BPM, about 9:29 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
148 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
351
LENGTH
9:29
DIFFICULTY
64/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 81, 83 and 85, and 19 more places -- 7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 148 BPM
SCISSORS · BAR 85
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 40, 56, 80, 90, 92, 94 and 33 more.

LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 80 · LANDS ON BAR 81
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 90 · LANDS ON BAR 91 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

16 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

351 bars across 34 sections: 202 keep time, 39 are fills, 40 are stops and 37 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 226-243.

COUNT-IN
PART K
PART D
CHORUS 4
OUTRO
24 groovesRAVDK+19Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Scissors?

148 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 Scissors hard to play on drums?

64 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 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

351 bars, about 9:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 111 exercises over 37 sittings, about 25 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 Scissors?

20 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 40, 56, 80, 90, 92, 94 and 33 more.

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