DRUMY
Cemetery Gates drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Cemetery Gates by Pantera is 120 BPM and runs 6:54: 243 bars and 2,003 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, crash, ride, tom 2 and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 6 fills, its longest section is the Intro - Guitar Solo (0:39) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Intro - Verse
- Intro - Guitar Solo
- Intro - Riff A
- Intro - Riff B
- Verse I
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Verse II
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Guitar Solo
- Interlude II
- Chorus
- Outro - Duet
- Outro (Fade Out)
How to play Cemetery Gates on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Cemetery Gates 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 208 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 120 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Cemetery Gates drum cover.
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