DRUMY
Tears Don't Fall drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Tears Don't Fall by Bullet for My Valentine is 81 BPM and runs 5:49: 157 bars and 2,599 notes played on the kick, crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 4 fills, its longest section is the Intro (0:50) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus A
- Pre-Chorus B
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus A
- Pre-Chorus B
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Bridge 1
- Bridge 2
- Interlude
- Guitar Solo (Padge)
- Guitar Solo (Matt)
- Pre-Chorus A
- Pre-Chorus B
- Chorus
- Outro
- Outro 2
How to play Tears Don't Fall on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Tears Don't Fall 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 33 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 81 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Tears Don't Fall drum cover.
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