DRUMY
Closedown drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Closedown by The Cure is 94 BPM and runs 4:24: 99 bars and 1,398 notes played on the tom 2, floor tom, kick and crash.
The drum part is rated Easy — a good first song: steady, and forgiving while you find the groove.
It has 1 fill.
How to play Closedown on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Closedown 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 95 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 94 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Closedown drum cover.
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