DRUMY
Somebody To Love drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Somebody To Love by Queen is 120 BPM and runs 4:56: 183 bars and 1,516 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, floor tom, snare, crash and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the Outro (0:46) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro I: Gospel
- Intro II: Piano
- Verse I
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Bridge I
- Verse II
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Bridge II
- Interlude
- Guitar Solo
- Bridge III
- Verse III
- Pre-Chorus
- Bridge IV: Acapella & Crescendo
- Chorus
- Outro
- Final
How to play Somebody To Love on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Somebody To Love 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 160 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 120 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Somebody To Love drum cover.
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