Almost Easy drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Almost Easy by Avenged Sevenfold is 175 BPM and runs 3:51: 155 bars and 2,080 notes played on the kick, crash, snare, hi-hat, ride, floor tom and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 6 fills, its longest section is the Guitar Solo (0:28) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Main Riff
- Verse #1
- Pre-Chorus #1
- Chorus #1
- Verse #2
- Pre-Chorus #2
- Chorus #2
- Main Riff
- Guitar Solo
- Bridge
- Pre-Chorus #3
- Chorus #3
- Outro
How to play Almost Easy on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Almost Easy come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 104 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 175 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Almost Easy drum cover.
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