DRUMY
Limelight drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Limelight by Rush is 131 BPM and runs 4:18: 136 bars and 1,938 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, ride, crash, tom 1, tom 2 and floor tom.
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 (0:41) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse I
- Bridge
- Verse II
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Verse IV
- Chorus
- Guitar Solo
- Chorus
- Outro
How to play Limelight on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Limelight 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 68 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 131 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Limelight drum cover.
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