Children Of Bodom drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Children Of Bodom by Children of Bodom is 208 BPM and runs 5:12: 263 bars and 3,300 notes played on the kick, snare, hi-hat, ride, crash, floor tom, tom 1 and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.
It has 6 fills, its longest section is the Interlude (0:32) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Main Riff
- Verse I
- Verse II
- Bridge
- Verse III
- Post-Verse
- Bridge
- Chorus
- Post-Chorus
- Main Riff
- Verse IV
- Guitar Solo
- Bridge
- Interlude
- Chorus
- Post-Chorus
- Keyboard Solo
- Outro
How to play Children Of Bodom on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Children Of Bodom 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 95 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 208 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Children Of Bodom drum cover.
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