King Crimson

Play drums likeBill Bruford

English drummer

The songs with Bill Bruford on drums, to play on your own kit: Starless, Red and Thela Hun Ginjeet and more. The notes come down in time with each recording, and every hit is judged — so you find out how close you get to the real part.

Start with Easy Money

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Bill Bruford playing drums — Photo: Steven Rieder, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Mediumeasiest — Easy Money
114average BPM
157fastest — Frame By Frame

Songs with Bill Bruford on drums

StarlessKing Crimson

RedKing Crimson

Thela Hun GinjeetKing Crimson

Frame By FrameKing Crimson

Easy MoneyKing Crimson More King Crimson songsSearch the whole library in the app

How to play drums like Bill Bruford

Start with Easy Money — the easiest of their parts here (medium), at 135 BPM. Take it at 0.75× until the groove sits.
Learn it part by part. The Trainer splits a song into its beats and fills, hands first and then the kick, from 70% up to full speed.
Work up to Red: 2,276 notes in 6:16. Switch on the Easy level to take its hardest notes out, then switch it off.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — and watch your score climb run by run.

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Playing Bill Bruford's drum parts: questions

What songs does Bill Bruford play drums on?

On DRUMY you can play along to the songs with Bill Bruford on drums: Starless (King Crimson), Red (King Crimson), Thela Hun Ginjeet (King Crimson), Frame By Frame (King Crimson) and Easy Money (King Crimson).

What is the easiest Bill Bruford song to play on drums?

Easy Money by King Crimson — rated medium, at 135 BPM. Play it at 0.75× first, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What is Bill Bruford's hardest drum part here?

Red: 2,276 notes in 6:16, rated hard. The fastest is Frame By Frame at 157 BPM.

How do I learn to play drums like Bill Bruford?

Pick one of their songs and open the Trainer: it teaches the song part by part — the beats, the fills, then the joins — hands first and then the kick, from 70% speed up to full speed, on your own electronic kit.