Smells like teen spirit · Slipknot & Static X

117 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:54 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
117
LENGTH
3:54
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7, 9-11 and 33-35, and 5 more places -- 20.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 14, 22, 45, 46, 47, 50 and 11 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 45-47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 86 · LANDS ON BAR 87 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

117 bars across 14 sections: 77 keep time, 17 are fills, 2 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-13.

CHORUS
PART O
CHORUS 2
PART L
PART O
CHORUS 3
PART L
PART W
CHORUS 4
7 groovesDLWOAA+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Smells like teen spirit?

120 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 Smells like teen spirit hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 60 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

117 bars, about 3:54 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 15 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Smells like teen spirit?

6 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 14, 22, 45, 46, 47, 50 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 117 BARS ANALYSED
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