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I Sat By The Ocean drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
I Sat By The Ocean by Queens of the Stone Age is 116 BPM and runs 4:00: 116 bars and 1,679 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, ride, 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 7 fills, its longest section is the Verse (0:42) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse
- Pre Chorus
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Verse
- Pre Chorus
- Chorus
- Outro
How to play I Sat By The Ocean on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of I Sat By The Ocean 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 102 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 116 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your I Sat By The Ocean drum cover.
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