DRUMY
Critical Acclaim drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Critical Acclaim by Avenged Sevenfold is 84 BPM and runs 5:13: 184 bars and 2,524 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, crash, ride, floor tom, 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 7 fills, its longest section is the Duel (0:44) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Band In
- Intro 2
- Pre-Verse
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Post-Chorus
- Pre-Verse
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Post-Chorus
- Bridge
- Solo
- Pre-Duel
- Duel
- Chorus
- Final Chorus
- Outro
How to play Critical Acclaim on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Critical Acclaim come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Post-Chorus at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 84 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Critical Acclaim drum cover.
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