B.Y.O.B. · System of a Down

151 bars at 162 BPM -- fast, and 3:44 of it without a break -- on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalAlternative / Indie150 BPM and upBeginner
TEMPO
162 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
151
LENGTH
3:44
DIFFICULTY
95/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 37-39, 41-42 and 65-67, and 6 more places -- 13.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 162 BPM
B.Y.O.B. · BAR 37
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 27, 35, 43, 53, 57, 63 and 5 more.

LOOP · 162 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 162 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 162 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44
LOOP · 162 BPM
BAR 79 · LANDS ON BAR 80

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

151 bars across 18 sections: 108 keep time, 11 are fills, 8 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 133-141.

PART B
PART D
CHORUS
PART D
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART B
PART Q
PART D
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesIDGQB+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is B.Y.O.B.?

162 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. At that speed the thirty-second notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is B.Y.O.B. hard to play on drums?

95 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 88 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

151 bars, about 3:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 18 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in B.Y.O.B.?

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 27, 35, 43, 53, 57, 63 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 151 BARS ANALYSED
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