Description
Notes From John
BPM = 204, in 4/4, with 2/4 bars in the Choruses. The Intro is marked f, with stacked eighth hits, then “hi-hats open (sizzle)” over hat quarters with two-bar repeats, kick figures and snare eighth-note fills. The Main Groove at 0:36 sets the kick-and-snare pattern with hat quarters and sixteenth kick figures, and the Verses keep it with crash accents. The Choruses carry kick quarters with snare and hat figures, grace notes before snare strokes and a 2/4 bar. The Breakdown is hat quarters with repeats, and the Interludes, the first Solo and the Alt Verses set a kick quarter-and-eighths figure with the snare on the backbeat. The Bridge Intro and Bridge are stacked eighth-note figures over kick quarters. Before the last Interlude, snare eighths over kick quarters are marked mp with a crescendo hairpin to f before the Interlude at 4:55, and the Outro ends on a crash-and-kick hit. The section boxes carry the record’s timestamps.
For the player
Lars Ulrich plays drums on the track. Play the hi-hats open with a sizzle at the Intro mark, as printed. At BPM = 204 the job is the feel.
Drums Sheet Music for “Screaming Suicide” by Metallica.
