DRUMY
Are You Dead Yet? drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Are You Dead Yet? by Children of Bodom is 192 BPM and runs 4:04: 195 bars and 2,396 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, ride, hi-hat, tom 2, tom 1 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the Chorus #2 (0:27) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro pt. 1 (Main Riff)
- Intro pt. 2 (Main Riff)
- Intro pt. 3 (Main Riff)
- Bridge
- Verse #1
- Bridge
- Verse #2
- Main Riff
- Pre-Chorus (Harmonized Riff)
- Chorus #1
- Verse #3
- Bridge
- Verse #4
- Chorus #2
- Pre - Solo (Harmonized Riff)
- Guitar Solo
- Final Chorus
- Outro (Main Riff)
How to play Are You Dead Yet? on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Are You Dead Yet? 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 #1 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 192 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Are You Dead Yet? drum cover.
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