DRUMY
Read Follow The Reaper as drum notation
Follow The Reaper drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Follow The Reaper by Children of Bodom is 192 BPM and runs 3:34: 171 bars and 1,812 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, ride, crash, tom 2, floor tom and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 9 fills, its longest section is the 3:08 Guitar Solo (0:35) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- 0:09 Intro
- 0:40 Verse 1
- 1:00 Chorus #1
- 1:13 Interlude
- 1:42 Verse #2
- 2:03 Interlude 2
- 2:33 Chorus 2
- 2:48 Guitar + Keyboard Solo
- 2:57 Keyboard Solo
- 3:08 Guitar Solo
How to play Follow The Reaper on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Follow The Reaper 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 192 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Follow The Reaper drum cover.
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