Suck · Nine Inch Nails

108 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 4:48 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

ElectronicMetal90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
108
LENGTH
4:48
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 55% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-27, 37-51 and 101-108 -- 55.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 90 BPM
SUCK · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

108 bars across 10 sections: 77 keep time and 25 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-27.

CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART D
BREAK 2
PART D
BREAK 3
OUTRO
6 groovesBDS7S9A+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Suck?

90 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 Suck hard to play on drums?

38 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 19 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

108 bars, about 4:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 3 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, 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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