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Read Smoke On The Water as drum notation
Smoke On The Water drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple is 114 BPM and runs 6:10: 177 bars and 3,039 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, tom 2, crash 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 Guitar Solo (0:49) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Drums & Rock Organ Enter
- Bass Enter
- 1st Verse
- Chorus
- Re Intro
- 2nd Verse
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Guitar Solo
- Re Intro
- 3rd Verse
- Chorus
- Outro
- Fade Out
- (2024 Remix Extended Outro)
How to play Smoke On The Water on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Smoke On The Water come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into 2nd Verse at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 114 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Smoke On The Water drum cover.
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