Suicide Note, Pt. 2 · Pantera

108 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 3:45 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
108
LENGTH
3:45
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 79-81, 83-85 and 88-90, and 4 more places -- 20.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 115 BPM
SUICIDE NOTE, PT. 2 · BAR 79
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 38 and 63.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 63 · LANDS ON BAR 64
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

108 bars across 17 sections: 77 keep time, 2 are fills, 8 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 88-107.

PART E
PART E
PART K
PART E
CHORUS
OUTRO
11 groovesWEKDB+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Suicide Note, Pt. 2?

115 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 Suicide Note, Pt. 2 hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

108 bars, about 3:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 13 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Suicide Note, Pt. 2?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 38 and 63.

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