Descending drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Descending by Lamb of God is 187 BPM and runs 3:34: 111 bars and 2,006 notes played on the kick, crash, snare, hi-hat, ride, tom 2, floor tom and tom 1.
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 Chorus 3 (0:46) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Intro Chorus
- Verse 1
- Chorus 1
- Verse 2
- Chorus 2
- Interlude
- Chorus 3
- Outro
How to play Descending on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Descending 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 110 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 187 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Descending drum cover.
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