Go Forth And Die · Dethklok

174 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 117 BPM, 4:16 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
117 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
174
LENGTH
4:16
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 56% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-39, 41-56 and 95-109, and 3 more places -- 56.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 117 BPM
GO FORTH AND DIE · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 40, 122, 126, 127, 142, 150 and 5 more.

LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 122 · LANDS ON BAR 123
LOOP · 117 BPM
BARS 126-127 · LANDS ON BAR 128 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 150 · LANDS ON BAR 151

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

174 bars across 11 sections: 151 keep time and 11 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-39.

CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART E
CHORUS 3
6 groovesADECF+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Go Forth And Die?

117 BPM, in 3/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Go Forth And Die hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

174 bars, about 4:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 33 exercises over 11 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Go Forth And Die?

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 40, 122, 126, 127, 142, 150 and 5 more.

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