DRUMY
Union City Blue drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Union City Blue by Blondie is 120 BPM and runs 3:36: 108 bars and 1,386 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, ride, hi-hat, floor tom 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 6 fills, the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
How to play Union City Blue on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Union City Blue 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 100 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 120 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Union City Blue drum cover.
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