DRUMY
The Emptiness Machine drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
The Emptiness Machine by Linkin Park is 184 BPM and runs 3:12: 147 bars and 1,030 notes played on the kick, snare, hi-hat, crash, floor tom and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 6 fills, its longest section is the Verse 1 (0:21) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus 1
- Chorus 1
- Post-Chorus
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus 2
- Chorus 2
- Bridge (Quiet)
- Bridge (Loud)
- Chorus 3
- Outro
- Ending
How to play The Emptiness Machine on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of The Emptiness Machine 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 126 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 184 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your The Emptiness Machine drum cover.
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