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Read Hotel California as drum notation
Hotel California drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Hotel California by The Eagles is 73 BPM and runs 6:35: 121 bars and 1,543 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, tom 2, floor tom, crash and ride.
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 Intro (0:53) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Verse 3
- Verse 4
- Chorus
- Verse 5
- Verse 6
- Solo Part. I (Don Felder)
- Solo Part. II (Joe Walsh)
- Solo Part. III (Don & Joe)
- Solo Part. IV (Don & Joe)
- Outro
- Live Ending
How to play Hotel California on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Hotel California 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 60 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 73 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Hotel California drum cover.
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