Read Song For The Dead as drum notation
Song For The Dead drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Song For The Dead by Queens of the Stone Age is 205 BPM and runs 5:50: 210 bars and 2,712 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, hi-hat, floor tom, ride 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 8 fills, its longest section is the Intro (0:39) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Fast Riff
- Transition
- Main
- Verse 1
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Main
- Verse 3
- Chorus
- Solo
- Main
- Break
- Verse 4
- Chorus
- Break
- Break
- Coda
How to play Song For The Dead on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Song For The Dead 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 108 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 205 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Song For The Dead drum cover.
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