Built to Last – Sick of It All drums: play-along

Built to Last drums: tempo, difficulty and parts

Built to Last by Sick of It All is 205 BPM and runs 2:04: 93 bars and 974 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, hi-hat, ride, tom 1, tom 2 and floor tom.

The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.

The first fill worth practising comes at 1:28, the hi-hat opens as well as closes.

Built to Last drum beats and fills

The beats and fills worth practising in Built to Last, found in DRUMY’s drum chart: the ones to learn first, not every one in the song. Each beat is listed where it first comes in, with how many bars of its section play it; a fill marked ×2 or more comes round again later, the same or nearly the same.

Beats

Main beat0:02bar 324 bars

Fills

Fill at bar 741:28bar 74×2
Fill at bar 781:35bar 78×2
Fill at bar 791:37bar 79×2

Learn them in the Trainer

The Trainer teaches Built to Last a part at a time, then the joins between the parts, every step starting at 70% of full speed.

How to play Built to Last on drums

Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
Press play. The notes of Built to Last 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 79 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 205 BPM.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Built to Last drum cover.

Play Built to Last on your kit

Built to Last on drums: questions

How hard is Built to Last on drums?

Built to Last by Sick of It All is rated medium in the song library: 974 notes over 93 bars at 205 BPM. Start it at 0.5× or 0.75×, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What BPM is Built to Last?

Built to Last plays at about 205 BPM and runs 2:04.

Where are the drum fills in Built to Last?

The fills worth practising in Built to Last come at 1:28 (Fill at bar 74, played twice), 1:35 (Fill at bar 78, played twice) and 1:37 (Fill at bar 79, played twice). These are the ones DRUMY's drum chart picks out to learn first, not every fill in the song.

Can I play Built to Last on drums without the drums in the song?

Play it along with the full recording, or turn the backing off and play to the click.

Can I learn Built to Last step by step?

Yes. DRUMY's Trainer turns Built to Last into a course: its beats, fills and joins one at a time. Each step starts at 70% of full speed, moves up after two times round at 90% or better, and slows to as low as 50% if it needs to. Learning the hands and the kick separately is an option.