Shortest straw correct drum track · Metallica

241 bars of 4/4 at 144 BPM, about 6:30 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

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TEMPO
144 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
241
LENGTH
6:30
DIFFICULTY
88/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 36, 38 and 42-44, and 19 more places -- 19.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 144 BPM
SHORTEST STRAW CORRECT DRUM TRACK · BAR 38
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 48 times: bars 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 42 more.

LOOP · 144 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 144 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 144 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

241 bars across 29 sections: 146 keep time, 49 are fills, 10 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 149-161.

PART C
PART R
PART S
PART R
CHORUS 4
PART J
13 groovesVRYJS+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Shortest straw correct drum track?

144 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 Shortest straw correct drum track hard to play on drums?

88 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 76 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

241 bars, about 6:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 75 exercises over 23 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Shortest straw correct drum track?

20 fills to learn, played 48 times: bars 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 42 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 241 BARS ANALYSED
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