The Memory Remains · Metallica

143 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 3:57 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
143
LENGTH
3:57
DIFFICULTY
51/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6, 8 and 10, and 20 more places -- 21.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
THE MEMORY REMAINS · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 13, 28, 29, 46, 61, 62 and 6 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 28-29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 61-62 · LANDS ON BAR 63 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 71 · LANDS ON BAR 72

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

143 bars across 13 sections: 81 keep time, 12 are fills, 30 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 92-102.

CHORUS
PART K
PART S
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
12 groovesCKSUAF+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Memory Remains?

145 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 The Memory Remains 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 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

143 bars, about 3:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 14 sittings, about 25 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 Memory Remains?

8 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 13, 28, 29, 46, 61, 62 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 143 BARS ANALYSED
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