The Blister Exists (Studio Version) · Slipknot

251 bars at 188 BPM -- fast, and 5:20 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock150 BPM and up
TEMPO
188 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
251
LENGTH
5:20
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 35-41, 59-65 and 83-85, and 15 more places -- 15.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 188 BPM
THE BLISTER EXISTS (STUDIO VERSION) · BAR 35
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 26, 34, 42, 50, 58, 70 and 17 more.

LOOP · 188 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 188 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 188 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43
LOOP · 188 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

251 bars across 22 sections: 178 keep time, 23 are fills and 21 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 60-69.

PART J
PART J
CHORUS 4
PART AH
PART AK
CHORUS 6
PART AE
14 groovesPJAEAKAH+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Blister Exists (Studio Version)?

188 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. At that speed the thirty-second notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is The Blister Exists (Studio Version) hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 41 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

251 bars, about 5:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 73 exercises over 22 sittings, about 26 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 The Blister Exists (Studio Version)?

14 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 26, 34, 42, 50, 58, 70 and 17 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 251 BARS ANALYSED
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