Dogs drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Dogs by Pink Floyd is 105 BPM and runs 17:14: 344 bars and 3,386 notes played on the ride, kick, snare, crash, tom 2, hi-hat, floor tom 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 6 fills, its longest section is the Middle Section - Synthesizer Break (2:04) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Verse 2
- 1st Guitar Solo
- Verse 3
- 1st Minimoog Solo
- 1st Harmonized Solo
- Break
- 2nd Guitar Solo
- Verse 4
- Middle Section - Synthesizer Break
- 2nd Minimoog Solo
- Intro Reprise
- Verse 5
- Verse 6
- 3rd Guitar Solo
- 2nd Harmonized Solo
- Outro
How to play Dogs on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Dogs 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 106 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 105 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Dogs drum cover.
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