The Blister Exists (TSV) · Slipknot

126 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 5:18 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
126
LENGTH
5:18
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 38% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 54-77 and 102-125 -- 38.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 95 BPM
THE BLISTER EXISTS (TSV) · BARS 54-55
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 13, 21, 29, 33, 34, 35 and 6 more.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 33-35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

126 bars across 14 sections: 95 keep time, 12 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 103-125.

PART A
PART F
PART F
PART V
CHORUS
PART V
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesYFVAN+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Blister Exists (TSV)?

95 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 The Blister Exists (TSV) hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 50 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

126 bars, about 5:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 14 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 The Blister Exists (TSV)?

7 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 13, 21, 29, 33, 34, 35 and 6 more.

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