DRUMY
Read Heart-Shaped Box as drum notation
Heart-Shaped Box drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana is 95 BPM and runs 4:42: 116 bars and 1,572 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, crash, floor tom and tom 2.
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 Verse 1 (0:39) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Post-Chorus
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Post-Chorus
- Guitar Solo
- Pre-Verse/Interlude
- Verse 3
- Chorus
- Post-Chorus/Outro
- Ending
How to play Heart-Shaped Box on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Heart-Shaped Box come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Ending at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 95 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Heart-Shaped Box drum cover.
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