Metallica · 1991 · drums by Lars Ulrich
Nothing Else Matters
From Metallica (The Black Album). Intermediate · 6/8 and 12/8 · metal
Tempo
142BPM
- Time signature
- 6/8
- Feel
- 6/8 and 12/8
- Tempo band
- 120–150
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Counted in eighth notes, which is how the metronome should click it. Felt in two it is about 47 dotted-quarter beats a minute.
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 112 and climbs to 142 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
A ballad in six with the drums arriving after the first verse: a slow 6/8 with the kick on one and four and the snare on four, growing into crashes and tom fills through the solo. Learn to feel the two big beats per bar, not the six small ones.
Intermediate: Needs independence, a feel, or fills you have to learn.
Lars Ulrich
- Lars Ulrich's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1991 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Lars Ulrich songs
Songs at about 142 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.
- Panama142
- Longview143
- YYZ141
- Duality144
- Girls, Girls, Girls140
- Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love139