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Dave's Gone Skiing drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Dave's Gone Skiing by Toto is 115 BPM and runs 4:52: 139 bars and 2,956 notes played on the kick, ride, snare, hi-hat, crash, floor tom, tom 1 and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 9 fills, its longest section is the Solo #1 (0:50) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Theme #1
- Theme #2
- Theme #1
- Theme #2
- Theme #3
- Solo #1
- Theme #2
- Solo #2
- Theme #3
- Theme #1
- Ending
How to play Dave's Gone Skiing on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Dave's Gone Skiing 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 51 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 115 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Dave's Gone Skiing drum cover.
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