DRUMY
Sugar drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Sugar by System of a Down is 131 BPM and runs 2:32: 84 bars and 1,353 notes played on the hi-hat, ride, snare, kick, crash and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 4 fills, its longest section is the Outro (0:33) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Chorus 1
- Pre-Verse 1
- Verse 1
- Chorus 2
- Pre-Verse 2
- Verse 2
- Chorus 3
- Interlude
- Bridge
- Outro
How to play Sugar on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Sugar come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Chorus 3 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 131 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Sugar drum cover.
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