Rx Queen (2) · Deftones

81 bars, 4:37, at 70 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, hi-hat, snare and kick and nothing else.

Under 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
70 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
4:37
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 68% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-24, 37-44 and 57-78 -- 67.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 70 BPM
RX QUEEN (2) · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 80 and 81.

LOOP · 70 BPM
BARS 80-81 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars across 7 sections: 74 keep time, 2 are fills and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-24.

CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART B
CHORUS 3
4 groovesABS7S6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Rx Queen (2)?

70 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Rx Queen (2) hard to play on drums?

55 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 41 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

81 bars, about 4:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 13 exercises over 4 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Rx Queen (2)?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 80 and 81.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 81 BARS ANALYSED
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