7 Shots · Volbeat

162 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 5:23 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
162
LENGTH
5:23
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 34% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 38-40, 42-44 and 46-48, and 15 more places -- 34% of every bar the kit plays. That is the spine of it; everything else is what happens around it.

LOOP · 120 BPM
7 SHOTS · BARS 38-39
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 36, 37, 93, 106, 109, 133 and 2 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 36-37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 93 · LANDS ON BAR 94
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 106 · LANDS ON BAR 107 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 109 · LANDS ON BAR 110 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

162 bars across 10 sections: 133 keep time, 8 are fills, 4 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 39-60.

PART C
PART D
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART R
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesGRLCD+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 7 Shots?

120 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is 7 Shots hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

162 bars, about 5:23 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 12 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in 7 Shots?

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 36, 37, 93, 106, 109, 133 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 162 BARS ANALYSED
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