DRUMY
Lights Out drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Lights Out by Royal Blood is 180 BPM and runs 3:56: 177 bars and 1,210 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, crash, ride, tom 1, tom 2 and floor tom.
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 2 (0:43) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus 1
- Chorus 1
- Post-Chorus 1
- Verse 2
- Chorus 2
- Solo
- Chorus 3
- Outro
How to play Lights Out on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Lights Out 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 175 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 180 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Lights Out drum cover.
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