Hail to the King (E standard) · Avenged Sevenfold

151 bars of 4/4 at 118 BPM, about 5:07 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
118 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
151
LENGTH
5:07
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 46% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-22, 25-27 and 29-31, and 31 more places -- 45.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 118 BPM
HAIL TO THE KING (E STANDARD) · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 16, 23, 24, 40, 47, 48 and 15 more.

LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 118 BPM
BARS 23-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 118 BPM
BARS 47-48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

151 bars across 6 sections: 112 keep time, 21 are fills, 10 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 25-39.

PART B
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesDPBAS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hail to the King (E standard)?

118 BPM, in 4/4, 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 Hail to the King (E standard) hard to play on drums?

42 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

151 bars, about 5:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 8 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Hail to the King (E standard)?

8 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 16, 23, 24, 40, 47, 48 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 151 BARS ANALYSED
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