Duality
Slipknot · 2004
A staple for driving double-bass grooves and Jordison's fast, precise fills.
- Artist
- Slipknot
- Year
- 2004
- Genre
- nu-metal
- Drummer
- Joey Jordison
- Tempo
- 135 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- straight
- Difficulty
- advanced
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
82bpm
Building
108bpm
Target
135bpm
The feel
A straight in 4/4 around 135 BPM. It moves — stay relaxed in the hands so you don't tense up and rush.
What to watch
- •Keep the quarter-note kick relentless and even — it's the engine.
- •Advanced: isolate the single hardest bar and loop it slowly before ever playing along.
How to learn it
Well-known tutorials exist for this one — use the links below, and play along from your own copy.
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Learn it
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