Serenity · Godsmack

120 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 4:22 of playing, on ride, snare and kick.

MetalAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
120
LENGTH
4:22
DIFFICULTY
16/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 99% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 9-15 and 17-120 -- 99.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 110 BPM
SERENITY · BARS 9-10
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

120 bars across 2 sections: 112 keep time and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-120.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Serenity?

110 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 Serenity hard to play on drums?

16 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 6 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

120 bars, about 4:22 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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