DRUMY
Sleep drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Sleep by Royal Blood is 153 BPM and runs 4:06: 158 bars and 767 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, crash and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Easy — a good first song: steady, and forgiving while you find the groove.
It has 5 fills, its longest section is the Verse 1 (0:49) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Verse 1
- Prechorus 1
- Chorus 1
- Postchorus
- Verse 2
- Prechorus 2
- Chorus 2
- Bridge
- Solo
- Chorus 3
- Outro
How to play Sleep on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Sleep 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 139 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 153 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Sleep drum cover.
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