Bodom After Midnight · Children Of Bodom

126 bars of 4/4 at 137 BPM, about 3:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

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TEMPO
137 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
126
LENGTH
3:37
DIFFICULTY
86/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 28-34, 53-59 and 106-112 -- 16.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 137 BPM
BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT · BAR 28
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 14, 26, 27, 37, 39, 51 and 9 more.

LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 137 BPM
BARS 26-27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

126 bars across 15 sections: 84 keep time, 15 are fills and 7 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 15-21.

PART F
PART J
CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART U
PART AB
PART F
PART J
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesPJUFM+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bodom After Midnight?

137 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 Bodom After Midnight hard to play on drums?

86 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

126 bars, about 3:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 17 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 Bodom After Midnight?

9 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 14, 26, 27, 37, 39, 51 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 126 BARS ANALYSED
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