Have A Cigar drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Have A Cigar by Pink Floyd is 111 BPM and runs 5:13: 156 bars and 1,158 notes played on the ride, kick, snare, 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 4 fills, its longest section is the Guitar Solo (1:35) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Interlude
- Verse 2
- Interlude
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Verse 3
- Interlude
- Verse 4
- Interlude
- Chorus
- Guitar Solo
- Outro
How to play Have A Cigar on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Have A Cigar 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 107 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 111 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Have A Cigar drum cover.
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