DRUMY
Save Me drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Save Me by Avenged Sevenfold is 95 BPM and runs 10:52: 323 bars and 5,381 notes played on the kick, crash, snare, ride, hi-hat, floor tom, tom 2 and tom 1.
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 Bridge C (3:17) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Bass Intro
- Band Intro
- Pre-Verse
- Pre-Chorus
- Bridge A1
- Bridge A2
- Pre-Verse
- Verse I
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus I
- Pre-Verse
- Verse II
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus II
- Interlude
- Pre-Solo
- Solo I
- Solo II
- Solo III
- Clean Bridge
- Enter Bass [Clean Bridge pt. 2]
- Clean Bridge pt. 3
- Restatement of Theme I [Transition]
- Bridge C
How to play Save Me on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Save Me come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Bridge A1 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 95 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Save Me drum cover.
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