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The Spirit Of Radio drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
The Spirit Of Radio by Rush is 134 BPM and runs 5:03: 175 bars and 2,325 notes played on the kick, ride, snare, hi-hat, crash, tom 2, floor tom and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 9 fills, its longest section is the Verse 1 (0:44) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Pre-Verse
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Interlude
- Solo
- Outro
How to play The Spirit Of Radio on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of The Spirit Of Radio 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 49 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 134 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your The Spirit Of Radio drum cover.
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