DRUMY
Downfall drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Downfall by Children of Bodom is 199 BPM and runs 4:32: 226 bars and 2,445 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, crash, ride, tom 1, tom 2 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.
It has 8 fills, its longest section is the Interlude (0:34) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Main Riff
- Bridge
- Verse
- Interlude
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Main Riff
- Bridge
- Verse
- Bridge
- Guitar And Keyboard Solo
- Interlude
- Chorus
- Outro
How to play Downfall on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Downfall come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Chorus at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 199 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Downfall drum cover.
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