Lateralus
Tool · 2001
A landmark for Fibonacci-based shifting time signatures like 9/8, 8/8 and 7/8.
- Artist
- Tool
- Year
- 2001
- Genre
- progressive metal
- Drummer
- Danny Carey
- Tempo
- 92 bpm
- Time
- 9/8
- Feel
- straight
- Difficulty
- advanced
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
56bpm
Building
74bpm
Target
92bpm
The feel
A straight in 9/8 around 92 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •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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