DRUMY
Sweating Bullets drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Sweating Bullets by Megadeth is 165 BPM and runs 5:24: 219 bars and 1,832 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, crash, ride, 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 6 fills, its longest section is the Chorus 3 (0:51) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro (Full Version)
- Verse 1
- Chorus 1
- Verse 2
- Chorus 2
- Solo
- Interlude
- Verse 3
- Chorus 3
How to play Sweating Bullets on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Sweating Bullets 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 136 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 165 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Sweating Bullets drum cover.
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