Slam Death Metal Riffs · Genocide Machine

14 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 0:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
14
LENGTH
0:36
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3 and 6 -- 15.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
SLAM DEATH METAL RIFFS · BAR 3
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 8 and 10.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

15 bars: 10 keep time, 2 are fills, 1 is a stop and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-7.

OUTRO
1 grooveCFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Slam Death Metal Riffs?

100 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 Slam Death Metal Riffs hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 10 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

14 bars, about 0:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 5 exercises over 2 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Slam Death Metal Riffs?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 8 and 10.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 14 BARS ANALYSED
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