The saw is the law (Corrected) · Whitechapel

125 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 4:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metalcore / HardcoreMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
125
LENGTH
4:21
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 25% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 2-8, 12 and 14, and 7 more places -- 24.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 115 BPM
THE SAW IS THE LAW (CORRECTED) · BARS 2-3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 25, 26, 27, 35, 39, 43 and 15 more.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 25-27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 43-50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 8 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

125 bars across 18 sections: 77 keep time, 21 are fills, 2 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 111-125.

CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART F
PART S9
PART X
PART AA
CHORUS 4
OUTRO 2
11 groovesBFACGAA+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The saw is the law (Corrected)?

115 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 saw is the law (Corrected) hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 50 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

125 bars, about 4:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 13 sittings, about 24 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 saw is the law (Corrected)?

7 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 25, 26, 27, 35, 39, 43 and 15 more.

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