War · Bolt Thrower

41 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 1:15 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
41
LENGTH
1:15
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 52% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 25-31, 33-37 and 39 -- 52% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 125 BPM
WAR · BARS 25-26
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 40.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

41 bars across 8 sections: 18 keep time, 1 is a fill, 5 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 26-39.

PART A
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesDS7AS2S4+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is War?

125 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 War hard to play on drums?

45 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 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

41 bars, about 1:15 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 4 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in War?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 40.

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