DRUMY
Waking The Demon drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Waking The Demon by Bullet for My Valentine is 128 BPM and runs 4:08: 133 bars and 2,511 notes played on the kick, snare, hi-hat, 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 9 fills, its longest section is the Intro (0:41) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Chorus 1
- Post-Chorus 1
- Verse 2
- Chorus 2
- Post-Chorus 2
- Bridge 1
- Pre-Solo
- Solo
- Bridge 2
- Outro
How to play Waking The Demon on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Waking The Demon 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 1 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 128 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Waking The Demon drum cover.
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