DRUMY
Free Bird drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd is 54 BPM and runs 9:59: 257 bars and 3,970 notes played on the snare, kick, ride, hi-hat, crash, 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 8 fills, its longest section is the Verse 1 (1:05) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Solo 1
- Verse 1
- Chorus 1
- Solo 2
- Verse 2
- Chorus 2
- Fast Riff
- Main Solo Part 1
- Main Solo Part 2
- Main Solo Part 3
- Main Solo Part 4
- Main Solo Part 5
- Main Solo Part 6
- Main Solo Part 7
- Main Solo Part 8
- Outro
How to play Free Bird on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Free Bird come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Fast Riff at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 54 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Free Bird drum cover.
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