People = Shit drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
People = Shit by Slipknot is 215 BPM and runs 3:38: 119 bars and 2,392 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, hi-hat, ride, floor tom, tom 2 and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.
It has 9 fills, its longest section is the Chorus (0:32) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- [A] Pre-Verse 1
- [B] Pre-Verse 1
- [C] Pre-Verse 1
- Verse 1
- Post-Verse
- Pre-Verse 2
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Drum Solo
- Pre-Bridge
- Bridge
- Pre-Chorus 2
- Chorus
- Outro
How to play People = Shit on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of People = Shit come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Verse 1 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 215 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your People = Shit drum cover.
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