The Great Southern Trendkill · Pantera

131 bars of 4/4 at 118 BPM, about 4:18 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
118 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
131
LENGTH
4:18
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 64-65, 68-69 and 72-73, and 8 more places -- 17.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 118 BPM
THE GREAT SOUTHERN TRENDKILL · BARS 64-65
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 13, 17, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 7 more.

LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

131 bars across 10 sections: 103 keep time, 13 are fills, 2 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 65-106.

PART A
PART F
PART I
PART A
PART F
PART I
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesQFAGIA+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Great Southern Trendkill?

118 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 Great Southern Trendkill hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

131 bars, about 4:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 11 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in The Great Southern Trendkill?

4 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 13, 17, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 131 BARS ANALYSED
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