DRUMY
Burn drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Burn by The Cure is 104 BPM and runs 6:12: 161 bars and 2,592 notes played on the kick, ride, snare, tom 2, crash, tom 1 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Easy — a good first song: steady, and forgiving while you find the groove.
It has 1 fill, its longest section is the Outro / Fade Out (0:56).
Song map
- Intro (Verse Changes)
- Intro (Chorus Changes)
- Verse 1
- Chorus 1
- Verse 2
- Chorus 2
- Chorus 2 (Solo Changes)
- Solo
- Solo (Verse Changes)
- Solo (Chorus Changes)
- Verse 3
- Chorus 3
- Chorus 3 (Solo Changes)
- Outro / Fade Out
How to play Burn on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Burn come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Intro (Verse Changes) at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 104 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Burn drum cover.
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