DRUMY
Alkaline drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Alkaline by Sleep Token is 74 BPM and runs 3:32: 107 bars and 842 notes played on the kick, crash, snare, hi-hat, tom 2, tom 1, floor tom and ride.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 11 fills, its longest section is the Chorus (0:55) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Chorus 1
- Bridge 1
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Breakdown
- Outro
How to play Alkaline on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Alkaline come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 66 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 74 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Alkaline drum cover.
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