Sober
Tool · 1993
A staple for heavy dynamic control and ghost-note-rich mid-tempo grooves.
- Artist
- Tool
- Year
- 1993
- Genre
- progressive metal
- Drummer
- Danny Carey
- Tempo
- 76 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- straight
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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Practice tempos
The feel
A straight in 4/4 around 76 BPM. It's slow — the space between hits is the hard part; keep the pulse dead steady and resist filling gaps.
Form
Intro · Verse · Chorus · Verse · Chorus · Bridge · Build · Chorus · Outro
What to watch
- •Keep the ghost notes a whisper — felt, not heard. They make the groove breathe.
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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