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Holy Wars... The Punishment Due drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due by Megadeth is 167 BPM and runs 6:32: 255 bars and 3,231 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, crash, tom 2, floor tom, ride and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the Verse I (0:48) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- I. "Holy Wars" Intro - A
- Intro - B
- Intro - C
- Intro - D (Dave's Lead)
- Intro - E
- Verse I
- Acoustic Interlude (Friedman)
- II. "The Punishment Due" (Bridge)
- Pre-Verse
- Verse II
- Solo A (Marty)
- Pre-Verse
- Verse III
- Solo B (Marty)
- Transition
- Solo C (Dave)
- Verse IV
- Mercy killings...
- Outro
How to play Holy Wars... The Punishment Due on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Holy Wars... The Punishment Due come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Verse I at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 167 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Holy Wars... The Punishment Due drum cover.
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