Arsenal drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Arsenal by Slipknot is 192 BPM and runs 3:31: 155 bars and 1,987 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, hi-hat, floor tom, tom 2, tom 1 and ride.
The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.
It has 12 fills, the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
How to play Arsenal on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Arsenal come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 53 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 192 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Arsenal drum cover.
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