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La Villa Strangiato drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
La Villa Strangiato by Rush is 90 BPM and runs 9:35: 354 bars and 4,846 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, ride, tom 2, crash, floor tom and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 9 fills, its longest section is the Guitar Solo 1 (1:33) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- [A] Sect. I - "Buenas Noches, Mein Froinds!
- [B] Sect. II - "To Sleep, Perchance to Dream..."
- Synth/Synth Brass Enters
- [C] Sect. III - "Strangiato Theme"
- [D] Sect. IV - "A Lerxst in Wonderland"
- Guitar Solo 1
- Post-Solo
- [E] Sect. V - "Monsters!"
- [F] Sect. VI - "The Ghost of the Aragon"
- [G] Sect. VII - "Danforth and Pape" [Guitar Solo 2]
- [H] Sect. VIII - "The Waltz of the Shreves"
- [I] Sect. IX - "Never Turn Your Back on a Monster!"
- [J] Sect. X - "Monsters! (Reprise)"
- [K] Sect. XI - "Strangiato Theme (Reprise)"
- [L] Sect. XII - "A Farewell to Things"
- Ending
How to play La Villa Strangiato on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of La Villa Strangiato come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Post-Solo at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 90 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your La Villa Strangiato drum cover.
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