Through Glass · Stone Sour

76 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 2:46 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
2:46
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30-32, 34-36 and 58-59, and 2 more places -- 15.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
THROUGH GLASS · BAR 30
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 5, 13, 21, 22, 23, 25 and 10 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 21-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 25-27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

76 bars across 11 sections: 38 keep time, 16 are fills, 2 are stops and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-12.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART H
PART L
PART Q
PART S6
PART T
PART V
PART Q
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesDQACVS6+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Through Glass?

110 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 Through Glass hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

76 bars, about 2:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid 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 Through Glass?

11 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 5, 13, 21, 22, 23, 25 and 10 more.

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