Face Down In The Gutter – Xyz drums: play-along

Face Down In The Gutter drums: tempo, difficulty and parts

Face Down In The Gutter by Xyz is 124 BPM and runs 4:09: 128 bars and 1,179 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, crash, tom 2 and floor tom.

The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.

The first fill worth practising comes at 1:32, the hi-hat opens as well as closes.

Face Down In The Gutter drum beats and fills

The beats and fills worth practising in Face Down In The Gutter, found in DRUMY’s drum chart: the ones to learn first, not every one in the song. Each beat is listed where it first comes in, with how many bars of its section play it.

Beats

Main beat0:26bar 1434 bars

Fills

Fill at bar 481:32bar 48
Fill at bar 802:34bar 80
Fill at bar 812:36bar 81
Fill at bar 993:11bar 99
Fill at bar 1073:26bar 107

Learn them in the Trainer

The Trainer teaches Face Down In The Gutter a part at a time, then the joins between the parts, every step starting at 70% of full speed.

How to play Face Down In The Gutter on drums

Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
Press play. The notes of Face Down In The Gutter 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 107 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 124 BPM.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Face Down In The Gutter drum cover.

Play Face Down In The Gutter on your kit

Face Down In The Gutter on drums: questions

How hard is Face Down In The Gutter on drums?

Face Down In The Gutter by Xyz is rated medium in the song library: 1,179 notes over 128 bars at 124 BPM. Start it at 0.5× or 0.75×, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What BPM is Face Down In The Gutter?

Face Down In The Gutter plays at about 124 BPM and runs 4:09.

Where are the drum fills in Face Down In The Gutter?

The fills worth practising in Face Down In The Gutter come at 1:32 (Fill at bar 48), 2:34 (Fill at bar 80), 2:36 (Fill at bar 81), 3:11 (Fill at bar 99) and 3:26 (Fill at bar 107). These are the ones DRUMY's drum chart picks out to learn first, not every fill in the song.

Can I play Face Down In The Gutter on drums without the drums in the song?

Play it along with the full recording, or turn the backing off and play to the click.

Can I learn Face Down In The Gutter step by step?

Yes. DRUMY's Trainer turns Face Down In The Gutter into a course: its beats, fills and joins one at a time. Each step starts at 70% of full speed, moves up after two times round at 90% or better, and slows to as low as 50% if it needs to. Learning the hands and the kick separately is an option.