The Downfall Of Us All · A Day To Remember

112 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 3:27 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metalcore / HardcorePunk120 to 149 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
112
LENGTH
3:27
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 5-7, 9-11 and 37-39, and 3 more places -- 17% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
THE DOWNFALL OF US ALL · BARS 5-6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 38 times: bars 6, 10, 12, 20, 25, 26 and 32 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 25-26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

112 bars across 14 sections: 55 keep time, 38 are fills, 3 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-19.

PART B
PART F
CHORUS
PART B
PART S
CHORUS 2
PART I
PART Z
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesJBFIS+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Downfall Of Us All?

130 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 The Downfall Of Us All hard to play on drums?

55 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

112 bars, about 3:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high 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 The Downfall Of Us All?

16 fills to learn, played 38 times: bars 6, 10, 12, 20, 25, 26 and 32 more.

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