DRUMY
Backbone by Gojira — album cover

Drum play-alongBackbone

Gojira

Tempo
181 BPM
Length
4:10
Difficulty
Extreme
Bars
195
Notes
2,769
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Backbone by Gojira in DRUMY: a verse falling in Beatfall

Backbone drums: tempo, difficulty and parts

Backbone by Gojira is 181 BPM and runs 4:10: 195 bars and 2,769 notes played on the kick, snare, hi-hat, crash, ride, tom 2 and tom 1.

The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.

It has 4 fills, its longest section is the [G] —Breakdown (0:33) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.

Song map

  1. Intro
  2. [A] —Band In
  3. [B] —Bridge
  4. [A] —Verse
  5. [B]
  6. [A]
  7. [B] —Bridge
  8. [C] —Blast
  9. [D] —Double bass
  10. [C] —Blast
  11. [E] —Dissonant
  12. [D] —Double bass
  13. [E] —Dissonant
  14. Re-Intro
  15. [A] —Verse
  16. [B] —Bridge
  17. [F] —Interlude
  18. [G] —Breakdown
  19. [B] —Bridge
  20. Outro

How to play Backbone on drums

  1. Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
  2. Press play. The notes of Backbone come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
  3. Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 182 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 181 BPM.
  4. Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Backbone drum cover.
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