DRUMY
The Joker drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
The Joker by Steve Miller Band is 83 BPM and runs 3:35: 75 bars and 1,069 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, tom 2, crash, floor tom and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Easy — a good first song: steady, and forgiving while you find the groove.
It has 9 fills, its longest section is the Outro (0:46).
Song map
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Verse
- Chorus
- Solo
- Outro
How to play The Joker on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of The Joker come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Outro at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 83 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your The Joker drum cover.
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