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Song For The Dead by Queens of the Stone Age — album cover

Drum play-alongSong For The Dead

Queens of the Stone Age

Tempo
205 BPM
Length
5:50
Difficulty
Medium
Bars
210
Notes
2,712
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Song For The Dead by Queens of the Stone Age in DRUMY: the chorus falling in Beatfall

Read Song For The Dead as drum notation

Song For The Dead by Queens of the Stone Age as drum notation in DRUMY

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

  1. Intro
  2. Fast Riff
  3. Transition
  4. Main
  5. Verse 1
  6. Verse 2
  7. Chorus
  8. Main
  9. Verse 3
  10. Chorus
  11. Solo
  12. Main
  13. Break
  14. Verse 4
  15. Chorus
  16. Break
  17. Break
  18. Coda

How to play Song For The Dead on drums

  1. Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Song For The Dead drum cover.
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