DRUMY
Starless drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Starless by King Crimson is 60 BPM and runs 12:08: 274 bars and 3,348 notes played on the ride, hi-hat, kick, snare, crash, tom 2, tom 1 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 10 fills, its longest section is the Central Section (4:17) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Theme
- Bridge
- Theme
- Verse I
- Chorus
- Verse II
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Theme
- Verse III
- Chorus
- Central Section
- Break
- Sax Solo
- Theme
- Bridge
- Theme
- Outro
How to play Starless on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Starless come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Verse III at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 60 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Starless drum cover.
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