DRUMY
Red drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Red by King Crimson is 90 BPM and runs 6:16: 148 bars and 2,276 notes played on the ride, kick, snare, crash, hi-hat, tom 2, floor tom and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 11 fills, its longest section is the Interlude (0:57) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse I
- Pre- Chorus I
- Chorus I
- Verse II
- Pre- Chorus II
- Chorus II
- Bridge
- Interlude
- Verse III
- Pre- Chorus III
- Chorus III
- Verse IV
- Pre- Chorus IV
- Chorus IV
- Bridge II
- Ending
How to play Red on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Red come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Pre- Chorus I at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 90 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Red drum cover.
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