DRUMY
Read Nightmare as drum notation
Nightmare drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Nightmare by Avenged Sevenfold is 130 BPM and runs 6:03: 211 bars and 2,913 notes played on the kick, snare, ride, hi-hat, 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 7 fills, its longest section is the Chorus 2 (0:37) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Instrumental Intro
- Intro
- NIGHTMARE!
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus 1
- Chorus 1
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus 2
- Chorus 2
- Duel
- Solo
- Duel
- FIGHT!
- Short Solo
- DOWN!
- Bridge
- Chorus 3
How to play Nightmare on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Nightmare 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 92 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 130 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Nightmare drum cover.
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