Not Ready to Die (Perfect version) · Avenged Sevenfold

138 bars, 9:36, at 54 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

Under 90 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
54 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
138
LENGTH
9:36
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 22, 25-27 and 44, and 4 more places -- 10.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 54 BPM
NOT READY TO DIE (PERFECT VERSION) · BAR 22
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 10, 19, 20, 24, 28, 29 and 11 more.

LOOP · 54 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11
LOOP · 54 BPM
BARS 19-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 54 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

138 bars across 16 sections: 90 keep time, 17 are fills, 5 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 58-71.

CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART L
PART U
PART X
PART Z
PART S11
PART AC
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
12 groovesELUAEZ+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Not Ready to Die (Perfect version)?

54 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Not Ready to Die (Perfect version) hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

138 bars, about 9:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 19 sittings, about 24 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 Not Ready to Die (Perfect version)?

9 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 10, 19, 20, 24, 28, 29 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 138 BARS ANALYSED
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