DRUMY
The Wizard drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
The Wizard by Black Sabbath is 96 BPM and runs 4:17: 105 bars and 1,986 notes played on the hi-hat, snare, kick, crash, floor tom, tom 1 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 Guitar-Solo (0:20) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Main-Riff
- Bridge
- Interlude
- Break
- Pre-Verse
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Main-Riff
- Break
- Pre-Verse
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Guitar-Solo
- Harmonica-Lead
- Verse 3
- Chorus
- Main-Riff
- Outro
How to play The Wizard on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of The Wizard 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 69 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 96 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your The Wizard drum cover.
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