DRUMY
Shepherd Of Fire drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Shepherd Of Fire by Avenged Sevenfold is 125 BPM and runs 5:16: 168 bars and 1,801 notes played on the kick, crash, floor tom, hi-hat, snare, tom 2 and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the Solo (0:43) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Enter Guitar
- Enter Full Band
- Main Riff
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Solo
- Bridge
- Chorus
- Outro
How to play Shepherd Of Fire on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Shepherd Of Fire 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 106 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 125 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Shepherd Of Fire drum cover.
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