Spit it Out (Self-Titled) · Slipknot

92 bars of 4/4 at 144 BPM, about 2:33 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
144 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
92
LENGTH
2:33
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19, 21 and 23, and 10 more places -- 21.3% 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
SPIT IT OUT (SELF-TITLED) · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 6, 14, 18, 22, 26, 28 and 8 more.

LOOP · 144 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 144 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 144 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 144 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

92 bars across 11 sections: 61 keep time, 14 are fills, 2 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 7-13.

PART A
CHORUS
VERSE
PART C
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesGACMU+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Spit it Out (Self-Titled)?

144 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 Spit it Out (Self-Titled) hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

92 bars, about 2:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Spit it Out (Self-Titled)?

8 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 6, 14, 18, 22, 26, 28 and 8 more.

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