Coma drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Coma by Guns N' Roses is 128 BPM and runs 9:58: 319 bars and 2,893 notes played on the kick, snare, hi-hat, ride, crash, floor tom, tom 2 and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 8 fills, its longest section is the You got a one... (2:00) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro (Heartbeat)
- Main Riff
- Hey, you caught...
- Oh, make me...
- Won't ya...
- [I] could leave...
- Main Riff
- Heartbeat
- Sliipin' farther...
- We're gonna lose him...
- Please understand me...
- Where are you?
- No one's gonna...
- Main Riff
- Guitar Solo
- Bitching
- Main Riff
- Ya live your...
- But who am I...
- You got a one...
How to play Coma on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Coma come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Main Riff at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 128 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Coma drum cover.
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