Set To Fail · Lamb Of God

105 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 3:45 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
3:45
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-15, 37-39 and 61-63, and 2 more places -- 18.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 112 BPM
SET TO FAIL · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 24, 31, 48, 55, 72, 87 and 3 more.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 92 · LANDS ON BAR 93

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 15 sections: 77 keep time, 9 are fills, 1 is a stop and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 8-15.

PART B
CHORUS
PART I
PART N
CHORUS 2
PART I
PART N
CHORUS 3
PART G
PART N
OUTRO 2
8 groovesDNIGQ+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Set To Fail?

112 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 Set To Fail hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 3:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 40 exercises over 16 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Set To Fail?

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 24, 31, 48, 55, 72, 87 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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