DRUMY
Passenger drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Passenger by Deftones is 128 BPM and runs 6:03: 186 bars and 1,397 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, ride, crash, 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 6 fills, its longest section is the Verse 3 (0:33) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Verse 3
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Interlude
- Verse 4
- Outro
- Piano Outro
How to play Passenger on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Passenger 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 109 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 128 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Passenger drum cover.
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