DRUMY
Drown drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Drown by Smashing Pumpkins is 72 BPM and runs 8:17: 156 bars and 3,232 notes played on the snare, ride, kick, hi-hat, crash, tom 2 and floor tom.
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 Outro (4:06) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse
- Chorus
- Verse
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Solo
- Breakdown
- Bridge
- Outro
How to play Drown on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Drown come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Bridge at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 72 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Drown drum cover.
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