Enter Sandman Drum Tutorial - Metallica

Reupload, fixed out of sync audio
Enter Sandman is a classic song and well worth a drum tutorial. It's a great place to start if you're new to drums, and this drum lesson breaks down all the parts you need to know in order to jam along to the song. Enjoy!
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[@BreeceMatarazzo]

This was the first riff I learned on guitar when I was a kid. First guitar solo I learned as an adult. It's only appropriate that it be the first song I learn on drums. Thanks so much for the tutorial! You made it super easy

[@mpoerot8013]

the same with me, except that I learn the drums at 40 when I've just got my first electric drums

[@pccoder]

Starting teaching myself to play drums in August of 2019. Midway thru last year I starting taking some lessons every few weeks, and I've learned more about understanding sheet music. Although, I've tried to keep teaching myself how to use what I've learned and apply it to learning songs. Your tutorial is perfect for someone like me who has just enough background to understand what you're doing and being able to learn each part of the song. Thanks a ton for this tutorial. I should be playing this soon enough!

[@spyrosdiamantopoulos5752]

So how is it going because I am trying kinda like a month

[@pccoder]

@@spyrosdiamantopoulos5752 do like he does, break it into parts and listen to the real song. Also use the drum less track on KZbin from the Guitar Hero series of uploads. It has visual queues to help you time the beats. This isn’t an overly difficult song. Depends on where you are with your experience behind the kit. Practice, and be sure you’re practicing it right otherwise you build bad habits.

[@spyrosdiamantopoulos5752]

@@pccoder thanks my main problem is the crush in the tom but I'll make it through thanks anyway

[@pccoder]

@@spyrosdiamantopoulos5752 Just write it down on paper, study and practice playing very slow. Work up the speed a little more, and a little more, etc. Eventually you'll get it. When you're struggling with one part, focus on that part. Don't worry about anything prior to or following where you are struggling. Once you're feeling more comfortable start a few measures prior to where you're having issues, and follow through a couple measures after. Then try again, etc. You will get it. Not long after I watched this video I did a cover (I'm very much still learning to play to this day) and when I look back I see all kinds of mistakes that were made. Maybe I'll do it again to compare my improvement.

[@xnyroxchannel]

Thanks man! My bf and I are new to drums but your videos have been the most helpful 😁

[@LearnSomeDrums]

No problems! You guys can have a drum battle 🤘

[@Matthew-hm4bu]

My adhd does not want me to remember all the parts to this song

[@brycenaram6029]

Same bro 😂

[@0xbad]

This applies to so many Metallica songs😂

[@SentiMental5414]

I have a feeling it’s self diagnosed

[@rykerdionne6300]

Love these tutorials. I am not the best drummer. But you really help

[@andrejfusek458]

Best tutorial on KZbin, thanks, dude! Love this video :)

[@samuel.baumgartner]

Best drum tutorials on KZbin by far! Keep it up! All the best! But why that floor tom so damn wobbly?

[@LearnSomeDrums]

Haha! It’s a hanging floor tom and it’s definitely getting wobblier. 😂

[@JayDillDrums]

This dudes a really good teacher - I just learned for whom in the bell tolls - so I want to learn this

[@cascadinggainz6043]

Dude your video helped me understand the intro with the Tom's I've been struggling for days now thanks man for rocking!!!!!

[@isMike999]

AWESOME....thank you SO much for this lesson

[@trsjerrydaygaming3768]

Hey you should put a link to the sheet music

[@gabypb7532]

TRS Jerrydaygaming yeah I really need it

[@rufustonjes-dugue2883]

TRS Jerrydaygaming he should

[@rainabasso6537]

PLEASE!!!

[@graydinkettelman2248]

Yes please

[@8302-l8t]

THIS REALLY HELP ME A LOT!! THANKS MAN.. KEPP IT UP PS: can you do sad but true tutorial?

[@EboyPatcha]

Oh that snare drum head looks so cool I didnt know you could get them black. Great tutorial.

[@ashmonkey2572]

Really didnt think i could learn the song until next band practice, but thanks to this vid i did it. Thanksa lot!

[@goauld88]

7:47 that fill is done while continuing with hihats. You can check the original isolated from track

[@jutjub22]

Wanted to write this, you can clearly hear hi hats in the song. Just not sure which toms are used. Probably smaller one, since right hand is busy with hi hat. Some other details I am not sure about. Is double tom missing at 2:00 and 2:15 before crash? Edit, I listened this carefully, there is no double tom accent before those crashes. This is correct on the video. Only before first crash. And at 3:05 there is no kick drum originally. But generally, great video

[@andrewpappas9311]

This Will Be The Day by Jeff Williams and Casey Lee Williams, that song is awesome and has such an badass beat as well

[@cheesebiscuit6807]

This video is so nice its the firt song in learning on drums

[@LearnSomeDrums]

Great first song choice! Good luck!

[@DS-zb9ov]

Plz do Dark Necessities or Sick Love by Red Hot Chili Peppers

[@sulfuricdog2562]

Excellent tutorial, it really helped me a lot!

[@malifeisht4964]

This is the first durum song that souds good with out anything just the drums

[@kebdbnsakneewiis2696]

True

[@turtle-ps5it]

Very well explained., thank you very much.

[@addyk1830]

master of puppets

[@Phewwwsofast]

Please!!!!

[@sifugurusensei]

Estaba buscando una cancion de bateria a enseñar mi amiga. Eso es perfecto

[@LearnSomeDrums]

I didn’t know you spoke Spanish too! Glad this vid helps 🥁

[@GMan-gj1sm]

5:30 is the hard part imo

[@jutjub22]

Just do it slowly, you will pick it up after two sleeps. Then it becomes amazing, such a good part to play

[@SewerRabbit]

Thanks so much , great tutorial

[@paulinamartinez3904]

Love it. Great lesson 😍

[@joeliftss]

can you do ride the lightning

[@marcustrevor1883]

How do you get your toms sounding so damn good!? Any chance of a tuning tutorial or a guide to drum heads?

[@LearnSomeDrums]

To be honest if you close mic any drum kit it’ll generally sound better (closer and less harsh). I don’t do anything special with my tuning and I reckon the Coated G2 heads are a pretty big part of the sound I get. And tuning, like everything else, just takes practice. The more you do it the more confident you’ll get pulling a sound!

[@Vitimk12]

very good tutorial...thanks

[@augustuscaesar7708]

This is very detailed! Thanks man! New subscriber here!

[@deltaforest6698]

Man you are doing absolutely amazing work to learn us all these song. I am really appreciate this!! BUT the sound quality is sadly bad :( it's better than 2 years ago but still

[@LearnSomeDrums]

What do you suggest?

[@deltaforest6698]

​@@LearnSomeDrums I can't clearly hear your voice and drum kit sound at the same volume level as a other youtube videos. The sound is not deep and clear enough

[@LearnSomeDrums]

Ok cool, thanks for feedback!

[@addyk1830]

do more metallica

[@chopper265]

Awesome video! Really helped me out a lot, I'm really interested in heavy metal and rock music. You're channel deserves more subscribers. PS I'm a young drummer (13) and live in Essex does anyone need a drummer for a band that does rock and metal.😎 Thanks for the heart man love you.... No homo though

[@sethstobbe6904]

I'm a 10 year old drummer

[@giannitherock]

Thank you very much. I am a newbie and I am watching in slow motion 😂 but I am slowly learning how to handle it. Thanks again. Is there any chance to have a full sheet?

[@sethmcgregor8261]

So I learned the most of this song from this video and thank you, the only problem i have is you didn't slow down that last part which really screwed me uo

[@hasfidanken]

Suggestion: on your website you could have a section where people post videos of the songs they learned from you and you give them advice.

[@freedomph7399]

Easy to understand thanks

[@LearnSomeDrums]

You got it 🤘

[@jennifereng4674]

Thank you so much easier 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏼

[@theonlyjoe_]

Your snare seems a bit more slappier - is it the head or because it looks metal Edit: waiting for all the Lars ulrich memes

[@LearnSomeDrums]

It’s 90% the head for sure. It’s an Evans Hydraulic which is great for that fat, slappy snare sound... but not too much else, so it’s a bit of a commitment to one sound.

[@theonlyjoe_]

LearnSomeDrums ok, I’m a real noob to the gear and working out what affects something, or if it doesn’t, and all the other aspects to the actual gear of the kit, Btw could you do a certain romance by arctic monkeys and 3 days grace animal I have become?

[@DarthCiliatus]

@@LearnSomeDrums How good do you think it would sound on a piccolo snare? I have a 13x3 steel snare that only sounds good tuned high with an ambassador or evans hd dry but I want a deeper punchier sound.

[@DarthCiliatus]

At the beginning with the toms if played with 3 or more toms the high tom accents on 2, 4, and the & of 4 would be middle tom on 2, high tom on 4, and middle tom on the & of 4. (Source was watching footage of Metallica's 1991 Moscow concert)

[@taggamer335]

Wut?

[@LearnSomeDrums]

I'm not sure drummers necessarily play things live exactly the same as they did in the studio, but your way sounds good so go for it!

[@squidsquirthd2684]

One of the first songs I ever learned

[@tomlegat-parker5139]

The toms and floor tom rythm kinda sounds like bullet with bitterfly wings by smashing pumpkins... wonder if jimmy chamberliane used this as inspiration....

[@evansjere]

this is solid thank you!!!!

[@Bateria_Salvaje]

If I could give you money i would this was amazing

[@alejandrorosa9167]

Thank you SO MUCH brother ! You are the best!

[@spyrosdiamantopoulos5752]

Awesome but can you make a video about four leaf clover you don't know it but if you search it it will show you a small metal group

[@olivertwist808]

Thanx! Very helpfull

[@BadgerDrums]

Nice cover!

[@titusii2754]

More Foo Fighters song please. Congregation would be a good start. Also Light the Torch by Soilwork.

[@alexkuntz1127]

Can u do great war by sabaton

[@sambrands5597]

Can you do Bandito by twenty one pilots?

[@rainabasso6537]

Can you please link the sheet music it would really help!

[@jeanfoley1096]

I just started playing drums a year ago and love your tutorial for this! I like the tuning on your toms. Do you tune them to a particular pitch?

[@LearnSomeDrums]

Nah not really. I just try to find a pitch that resonates or “sings” well with that size drum. Then I’ll tune the bottom head about a semi tone higher than the top head and that usually gets the toms sounding pretty nice!

[@jeanfoley1096]

Thank you!!

[@Zero-vn8kq]

I really like your stuff, can you do any stuff from The Strokes? Maybe Reptilia or Last Nite

[@begzog]

Thanks a lot for all the tips you provide ! Do you plan to post something for the drum'n'bass genre ? Something from Prodigy or Pendulum ? It would be so much fun ;) Cheers from France bro'

[@MiguelMartinez-fs5yg]

Do "Drag Me Down" by One Direction please!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@jackhill9234]

Mcm120 he already did a while ago

[@LearnSomeDrums]

Drag Me Down kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3bZiqd3bq5_q80

[@collin3729]

Awesome

[@marley5717]

Can you make a video were you show your drum set up?

[@shaeryssantiago7285]

Do fuel by Metallica

[@johnmarmaras8659]

Can you do Don't Stop Believin' by Journey

[@mreaftyofficial2849]

Can you please cover Some kind of monster by metallica

[@watchandspray]

5:30

[@DS-zb9ov]

Please could you do Still Feel by Half Alive

[@patjames1552]

Keep up the good work mate, could you do throne by bring me the horizon

[@LearnSomeDrums]

Throne Drum Tutorial - kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2qyiI1pm56Wrbc

[@AheadTAMADrummer]

What snare are you using?

[@LearnSomeDrums]

14 x 6.5 Yamaha Brass. I’ve got an Evans hydraulic head on it to give it more “thud” and less “crack”. 🥁

[@montana85]

More Metallica!!! Master of puppets or seek and destroy

[@Not_Chad]

Any tips for the fill at 11:40? I've been trying to figure it out for a bit now and it just doesn't sound right. I'm not that great with sheet music either so I can't really figure out what going in there. Thanks in advance!

[@LearnSomeDrums]

Maybe break it into two halves. The second half is just 2 on the snare 2 on the first tom 2 on the snare and 2 on the floor Tom. The first half count is “1 and 2 and a” and hopefully that launches you nicely into the second half. Good luck!

[@natachamertz4430]

gooddddddddddddddddddddddddd job

[@casonsorandom]

PLEASE DO MOTTO BY NF I BEG

[@ZonaLayangan]

Aku suka😍

[@Kaizx465]

Do Rosanna by Toto plz

[@Phewwwsofast]

same

[@squidsquirthd2684]

Also when I play the outdo I just start throwing around crashes cause fuck learning that much lmao

[@liamburns5613]

Quick question. I am a newbie to reading sheet music for drums and I was wondering what the X under the bass drum hit was? Example is at 1:25

[@LearnSomeDrums]

Hi hat with the left foot, so in this song just both feet together basically!

[@liamburns5613]

@@LearnSomeDrums Awesome thanks! Also thanks for the quick response.

[@bardfamebuy]

Where can I find the full sheet music?

[@graciebassettsmith4236]

4:59 4:59 4:59

[@wothmon]

11:53 it’s a bit difficult for me

[@emmawestwood-davies4711]

Can you please do what a man gotta do by the johnass brothers, please.

[@notaltaartabz]

No

[@emmawestwood-davies4711]

I think your response was a tad abrupt, my young son who I instill the value of kindness with, was impressed with your teaching style. However, your short abrupt answer gives a different impression! No, sorry not my style, might have bn more appropriate!

[@notaltaartabz]

@@emmawestwood-davies4711 Thank you! I appreciate constructive feedback!

[@lukedobbs5197]

Any tips on reading sheet music? I’m trying to learn.

[@LearnSomeDrums]

I’ve found transcribing really helps. You could download musescore and try transcribing some AC/DC or something for starters and see if you notice an improvement!

[@bradynmantle5409]

I wish you played the fill at 11:54 a little slower but overall good vid man

[@LearnSomeDrums]

I get a bit slack with that sometimes, sorry! But use KZbin’s 0.75 speed (in the settings wheel on the vid) and that should help out!

[@bradynmantle5409]

Oh that's awesome thank you

[@leighcole860]

Do you have a link to the sheet music you used?

[@Adrielcaritafeliz]

Con you do smithereens or chlorine

[@chsemaphor]

HH on quarters?!

[@lilymoreland5943]

9:40

[@janethunter7492]

Please do girls like you by maroon 5 or I like me better by lauc

[@janethunter7492]

Lauv

[@addyk1830]

Radio gaga queen. Plssss

[@nishantbhusal4404]

Master of puppets

[@redopp1011]

PLEASE DO WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS BY GREENDAY

[@ClayMorrow91]

This looks pretty straightforward. I don’t even play drums and I know that.

[@LearnSomeDrums]

Classic Lars 😂

[@jonahrgames2650]

U reuploaded

[@Dpuh23]

read description

[@LearnSomeDrums]

Not my best editing effort the first time around... 😂

[@Tdrums8]

you need more drums bro

[@gregomano2220]

ummmm. where did u get that music?

[@LearnSomeDrums]

I transcribed it by ear

[@Ricein311]

Thank you so much! Is there printable sheet music?

[@MrBeen992]

3 toms, not 2

[@dupplot1768]

Correct

[@Phewwwsofast]

where u from??

[@LearnSomeDrums]

Australia 🇦🇺

[@Phewwwsofast]

@@LearnSomeDrums same as me WA

[@catscratchgraffiti1857]

I’m a kid that was pain

[@LearnSomeDrums]

You’ve got time, work it out slowly. We all have to practice!

[@tonyh1364]

You can't play sandman with 1 tom

[@antlou123]

Yes, you can. It's just a matter of improvising.

[@joshwmusic6838]

I'm a guitarist why the f*ck am I here?

[@joshwmusic6838]

@@KresoBubnjar the fact that you can be bothered to reply to a year old comment says enough about you😐.

[@joshwmusic6838]

@@KresoBubnjar oh okay well I sincerely apologise to any harm and distress that I've caused you. I hope I didn't ruin this drum lesson for you. Furthermore, I didn't know that this kind of comment is on other videos because I don't bother looking. But yet again sorry that I've upset you

[@Funstealer]

What am I doing here I am a guitarist smh 🤦‍♂️

[@KevinColt]

people think drums and guitars come from reading notes LOL what a disgrace and joke ahaha

[@LearnSomeDrums]

It’s a good way to communicate ideas! But certainly not essential to playing drums...