DRUMY
No Excuses drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
No Excuses by Alice in Chains is 117 BPM and runs 4:16: 124 bars and 1,477 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, tom 2, crash, tom 1 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 8 fills, its longest section is the Outro (0:34) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Drum Intro
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Chorus 1
- Interlude
- Verse 2
- Chorus 2
- Interlude
- Guitar Solo
- Verse 3
- Chorus 3
- Outro
How to play No Excuses on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of No Excuses 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 116 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 117 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your No Excuses drum cover.
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