DRUMY
Message In Blood drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Message In Blood by Pantera is 85 BPM and runs 5:05: 134 bars and 2,283 notes played on the ride, kick, snare, hi-hat, crash, tom 2, tom 1 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 8 fills, its longest section is the Guitar Solo (0:43) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Main Riff
- Pre-Verse
- Verse
- Chorus
- Pre-Verse 2
- Verse 2
- Chorus 2
- Guitar Solo
- Bridge
- Re-Intro
- Final Chorus
- Ending
How to play Message In Blood on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Message In Blood 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 91 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 85 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Message In Blood drum cover.
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