Tempest · Deftones

169 bars of 4/4 at 146 BPM, about 4:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
146 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
169
LENGTH
4:38
DIFFICULTY
51/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 37-39, 41 and 43, and 19 more places -- 23.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 146 BPM
TEMPEST · BAR 43
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 36, 52, 76, 92, 109, 110 and 11 more.

LOOP · 146 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 146 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
LOOP · 146 BPM
BAR 92 · LANDS ON BAR 93 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 146 BPM
BARS 109-110 · LANDS ON BAR 111 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

169 bars across 12 sections: 103 keep time, 17 are fills, 18 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-27.

PART C
PART F
CHORUS
PART C
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART S9
PART Q
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesHCQFS9+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Tempest?

146 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 Tempest hard to play on drums?

51 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 32 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

169 bars, about 4:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 42 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Tempest?

10 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 36, 52, 76, 92, 109, 110 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 169 BARS ANALYSED
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