Lonely Day drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Lonely Day by System of a Down is 113 BPM and runs 2:51: 101 bars and 651 notes played on the hi-hat, ride, kick, snare, crash, tom 1 and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 3 fills, its longest section is the Chorus 2 (0:26) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Chorus 1
- Verse 2
- Bridge
- Guitar Solo
- Chorus 2
- Outro Verse
- Ending
How to play Lonely Day on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Lonely Day come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Outro Verse at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 113 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Lonely Day drum cover.
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