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Better Strangers drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Better Strangers by Royal Blood is 109 BPM and runs 3:58: 72 bars and 1,041 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, ride, crash, tom 2 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Easy — a good first song: steady, and forgiving while you find the groove.
It has 9 fills, its longest section is the Outro (0:37) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse
- Verse
- Chorus
- Verse
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Verse
- Chorus
- Outro
How to play Better Strangers on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Better Strangers 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 52 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 109 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Better Strangers drum cover.
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