Read Bat Country as drum notation
Bat Country drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Bat Country by Avenged Sevenfold is 125 BPM and runs 5:11: 162 bars and 3,065 notes played on the snare, kick, crash, ride, floor tom, tom 1, hi-hat and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 8 fills, its longest section is the Outro (0:35) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Pre-Verse
- Verse #1
- Pre-Chorus #1
- Chorus #1
- Verse #2
- Pre-Chorus #2
- Chorus #2
- Clean Section #1
- Re-Intro
- Guitar Solo (Build-Up)
- Main Guitar Solo
- Harmony / Dual Guitar Solo
- Verse #3
- Verse #4
- Chorus #3
- Clean Section #2
- Outro
How to play Bat Country on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Bat Country come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Re-Intro at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 125 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Bat Country drum cover.
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