Bat Country (Live) [Fixed Solo] · Avenged Sevenfold

159 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 5:18 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
159
LENGTH
5:18
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 49-62 and 129-142 -- 17.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAT COUNTRY (LIVE) [FIXED SOLO] · BAR 49
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 11, 12, 20, 21, 24, 25 and 18 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 11-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 20-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 24-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

159 bars across 16 sections: 108 keep time, 24 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 92-109.

PART D
PART K
CHORUS
PART D
PART Y
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesPKDYAA+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bat Country (Live) [Fixed Solo]?

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 Bat Country (Live) [Fixed Solo] hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 11 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

159 bars, about 5:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 49 exercises over 15 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Bat Country (Live) [Fixed Solo]?

9 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 11, 12, 20, 21, 24, 25 and 18 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 159 BARS ANALYSED
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