Checkmate · Lamb Of God

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

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
130
LENGTH
4:18
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-11, 13-14 and 34, and 9 more places -- 13.3% 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
CHECKMATE · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 51 times: bars 15, 16, 20, 24, 26, 30 and 45 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

130 bars across 18 sections: 55 keep time, 52 are fills, 8 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-7.

PART A
CHORUS
PART G
PART K
CHORUS 2
PART G
PART K
CHORUS 3
PART S12
PART AQ
CHORUS 4
11 groovesCGKAQS12+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Checkmate?

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 Checkmate hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

130 bars, about 4:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 53 exercises over 17 sittings, about 25 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 Checkmate?

17 fills to learn, played 51 times: bars 15, 16, 20, 24, 26, 30 and 45 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 130 BARS ANALYSED
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