5 Minutes Alone drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
5 Minutes Alone by Pantera is 96 BPM and runs 5:51: 141 bars and 1,740 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, hi-hat, ride and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the [B] (0:53) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- [A] Post-Chorus
- [B] Post-Chorus
- [C] Post-Chorus
- [A] Solo
- [B] Solo
- Breakdown
- [A] Outro
- [B]
How to play 5 Minutes Alone on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of 5 Minutes Alone come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Solo at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 96 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your 5 Minutes Alone drum cover.
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