DRUMY
Paranoid drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Paranoid by Black Sabbath is 163 BPM and runs 2:45: 112 bars and 1,372 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare and crash.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 3 fills, its longest section is the Verse 2 (0:36) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Interlude
- Verse 2
- Verse 3
- Guitar Solo
- Verse 4
- Verse 5
- Outro
How to play Paranoid on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Paranoid 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 93 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 163 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Paranoid drum cover.
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