The Outlaw Torn · Metallica

146 bars, 9:44, at 60 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

MetalRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
60 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
146
LENGTH
9:44
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21, 27 and 53, and 1 more place -- 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 · 60 BPM
THE OUTLAW TORN · BAR 114
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 53 times: bars 8, 15, 16, 24, 30, 34 and 47 more.

LOOP · 60 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 60 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 60 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 60 BPM
BARS 34-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 8 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

146 bars across 12 sections: 75 keep time and 53 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 115-132.

PART A
PART C
PART L
CHORUS
PART M
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesRMLJBZ+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Outlaw Torn?

60 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is The Outlaw Torn hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 50 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

146 bars, about 9:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 47 exercises over 19 sittings, about 24 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 Outlaw Torn?

8 fills to learn, played 53 times: bars 8, 15, 16, 24, 30, 34 and 47 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 146 BARS ANALYSED
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