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Read Wish You Were Here as drum notation
Wish You Were Here drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd is 61 BPM and runs 5:19: 81 bars and 707 notes played on the ride, kick, snare, floor tom, crash, tom 2 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 Intro (0:47).
Song map
- Intro
- Guitar Solo 1
- Verse 1
- Verse 2
- Guitar Solo 2
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Guitar Solo 3
- Outro
How to play Wish You Were Here on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Wish You Were Here 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 74 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 61 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Wish You Were Here drum cover.
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