Primus drum tabs
15 charts, 81-165 BPM. Each one is read from a real score: play it along to the record, slow it down, or take the practice course under it.
MOST PLAYED
- CHARTS
- 15
- TEMPO
- 81-165 BPM
- BARS IN ALL
- 2,076
- WITH A COURSE
- 15 of 15
- USUAL KEY
- G major
EVERY PRIMUS CHART
- Too Many Puppies81 BPM · 79 BARS · INTERMEDIATE
- Jerry Was A Race Car Driver124 BPM · 94 BARS · ADVANCED
- John The Fisherman115 BPM · 105 BARS · INTERMEDIATE
- Tommy The Cat112 BPM · 134 BARS · ADVANCED
- DMV126 BPM · 139 BARS
- Southbound Pachyderm148 BPM · 206 BARS
- Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers90 BPM · 125 BARS
- To Defy The Laws Of Tradition107 BPM · 197 BARS
- Lacquer Head113 BPM · 104 BARS
- Tommy The Cat (4 string bass)116 BPM · 133 BARS
- Shake Hands With Beef97 BPM · 98 BARS
- Frizzle Fry165 BPM · 230 BARS
- Pudding Time124 BPM · 127 BARS
- The Ol' Grizz by120 BPM · 132 BARS
- Dirty Drowning Man (Full)148 BPM · 173 BARS · INTERMEDIATE
LEARNING PRIMUS ON DRUMS
15 Primus drum parts are transcribed here, 2,076 bars of music in total, filed under alternative pop/rock, alternative rock, alternative/indie rock and funk metal. Every one of them is a chart read from a real score rather than a tab somebody typed out: the notes are where the score put them, the tempo is the record’s own, and the page plays the recording underneath while you read.
Nothing here asks you to play it at full speed on the first pass. Take any chart down to half tempo, loop the four bars that will not come clean, and bring it back up. 15 of these 15 songs also have a practice course under them: the part broken into the few things actually different about it, one at a time, ending with you playing the whole song against the record.
A good place to start is "Too Many Puppies" at 81 BPM, the slowest of them, or "Too Many Puppies" at 79 bars, the shortest. Sheet music, tab, MIDI and MusicXML download from every chart if you would rather read it away from the screen.
QUESTIONS
How many Primus drum tabs are there?
15 Primus drum charts, each read from a real score and playable along to the record in the browser. 15 of them come with a practice course that breaks the part into exercises and takes each one up to tempo.
Are Primus songs hard to play on drums?
Tempos here run from 81 to 165 BPM. The slowest is "Too Many Puppies" at 81 BPM, and the shortest is "Too Many Puppies" at 79 bars, which makes either a reasonable place to start. Every chart also has a simplified version with the hi-hat pulled back and the fills written as eighths on the snare.
What key are most Primus songs in?
Most often G major, D major and E minor. The catalogue files them under alternative pop/rock, alternative rock, alternative/indie rock and funk metal.