Mississippi Queen – Mountain drums: play-along

Mississippi Queen drums: tempo, difficulty and parts

Mississippi Queen by Mountain is 140 BPM and runs 2:29: 87 bars and 946 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, ride, crash and tom 2.

The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.

The first fill worth practising comes at 0:50, its longest section is the Verse 1 (0:28) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.

Song map

0:00Intro
0:17Verse 1
0:45Pre-Chorus 1
0:51Chorus 1
0:58Verse 2
1:26Pre-Chorus 2
1:33Chorus 2
1:39Solo
2:07Pre-Chorus 3
2:14Chorus 3
2:21Outro

Mississippi Queen drum beats and fills

The beats and fills worth practising in Mississippi Queen, found in DRUMY’s drum chart: the ones to learn first, not every one in the song. Each beat is listed where it first comes in, with how many bars of its section play it; a fill marked ×2 or more comes round again later, the same or nearly the same.

Beats

Intro beat0:00bar 15 bars
Verse 1 beat0:19bar 126 bars
Chorus 1 beat0:53bar 322 bars
Verse 2 beat0:58bar 354 bars
Outro beat2:22bar 843 bars

Fills

Fill into Chorus 10:50bar 30×3
Fill into Verse 20:57bar 34×3

Learn them in the Trainer

The Trainer teaches Mississippi Queen a part at a time, then the joins between the parts, every step starting at 70% of full speed.

How to play Mississippi Queen on drums

Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
Press play. The notes of Mississippi Queen come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
Slow it down. Take the Fill into Verse 2 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 140 BPM.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Mississippi Queen drum cover.

Play Mississippi Queen on your kit

Mississippi Queen on drums: questions

How hard is Mississippi Queen on drums?

Mississippi Queen by Mountain is rated medium in the song library: 946 notes over 87 bars at 140 BPM. Start it at 0.5× or 0.75×, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What BPM is Mississippi Queen?

Mississippi Queen plays at about 140 BPM and runs 2:29.

Where are the drum fills in Mississippi Queen?

The fills worth practising in Mississippi Queen come at 0:50 (Fill into Chorus 1, played 3 times) and 0:57 (Fill into Verse 2, played 3 times). These are the ones DRUMY's drum chart picks out to learn first, not every fill in the song.

Can I play Mississippi Queen on drums without the drums in the song?

Play it along with the full recording, or turn the backing off and play to the click.

Can I learn Mississippi Queen step by step?

Yes. DRUMY's Trainer turns Mississippi Queen into a course: its beats, fills and joins one at a time. Each step starts at 70% of full speed, moves up after two times round at 90% or better, and slows to as low as 50% if it needs to. Learning the hands and the kick separately is an option.