Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier · As I Lay Dying

93 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:06 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
93
LENGTH
3:06
DIFFICULTY
51/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-31, 33-39 and 45-47, and 11 more places -- 48.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BEHIND ME LIES ANOTHER FALLEN SOLDIER · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 13 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 9-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 16 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 88 · LANDS ON BAR 89
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

93 bars across 4 sections: 31 keep time, 19 are fills, 35 are stops and 7 are silent.

COUNT-IN
PART S2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesPS2S1AFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier?

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 Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier hard to play on drums?

51 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

93 bars, about 3:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 6 sittings, about 23 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 Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier?

3 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 13 more.

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