DRUMY
7empest drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
7empest by Tool is 138 BPM and runs 15:33: 579 bars and 6,639 notes played on the kick, floor tom, tom 2, snare, ride, crash, hi-hat and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.
It has 6 fills, its longest section is the Main Guitar Solo (4:05) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro I
- Intro II
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Solo
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Bridge
- Guitar Solo
- Post-Solo
- Bridge
- Main Guitar Solo
- Verse 3
- Pre-Solo
- Dirty Solo
- Verse 4
- Break
- Outro
How to play 7empest on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of 7empest come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Verse 2 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 138 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your 7empest drum cover.
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