DRUMY
Read War Pigs as drum notation
War Pigs drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
War Pigs by Black Sabbath is 56 BPM and runs 7:57: 169 bars and 3,088 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, ride, snare, crash, tom 1, tom 2 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 11 fills, its longest section is the Guitar Solo (1:05) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Interlude
- Bridge Part 1
- Interlude
- Bridge Part 2
- Interlude
- Guitar Solo
- Post-Solo
- Pre-Verse
- Verse 2
- Bridge III
- "Luke's Wall"
- Interlude
- Guitar Solo
- Outro
- SPEED
How to play War Pigs on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of War Pigs 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 36 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 56 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your War Pigs drum cover.
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