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Carry On Wayward Son drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas is 119 BPM and runs 5:32: 171 bars and 1,862 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, ride, snare, crash, tom 2, floor tom and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 5 fills, its longest section is the Break (0:40) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Main Riff
- Break
- Guitar Solo 1
- Break
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Main Riff
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Organ Solo
- Interlude Break
- Guitar Solo 2
- Main Riff
- Bridge
- Chorus
- Guitar Solo 3
- Break
How to play Carry On Wayward Son on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Carry On Wayward Son 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 84 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 119 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Carry On Wayward Son drum cover.
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