In The Wilderness drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
In The Wilderness by Gojira is 144 BPM and runs 7:36: 319 bars and 5,009 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, hi-hat, tom 2, ride and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the + crash cymbals (1:10) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- [A] Intro
- Verse
- [B] Break
- [A] Verse
- [B] Break
- [C] Bridge
- [D] Pre-Chorus
- [D'] Chorus
- [A] Verse
- [B] Break
- [C] Bridge
- [D] Pre-Chorus
- [D'] Chorus
- [E] Breakdown
- Pre-Verse
- Verse
- Free time
- Verse 6 again
- Free time
- Coda
- More variations
- + crash cymbals
- Calm down, no crashes
- + crash cymbals
How to play In The Wilderness on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of In The Wilderness 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 45 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 144 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your In The Wilderness drum cover.
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