Chop Suey!
System of a Down · 2001
Rapid tempo and feel changes with precise syncopated accents.
- Artist
- System of a Down
- Year
- 2001
- Genre
- metal
- Drummer
- John Dolmayan
- Tempo
- 127 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- shifting metal grooves
- Difficulty
- advanced
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
76bpm
Building
102bpm
Target
127bpm
The feel
A shifting metal grooves in 4/4 around 127 BPM. It moves — stay relaxed in the hands so you don't tense up and rush.
Form
Intro · Verse · Pre-Chorus · Chorus · Verse · Chorus · Bridge (Father) · Outro
What to watch
- •Advanced: isolate the single hardest bar and loop it slowly before ever playing along.
How to learn it
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