Queen

Another One Bites The Dust (ver. 2)(Drums tabs)

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Transcripted by RicardoPires

If you want to play this song exactly like on the record,you only need three 
things:A closed Hi-Hat(h),a snare-drum (s) and a bass-drum (b)...and two 
drum-sticks.

During the song there are actually only two patterns:

The main-pattern:     The fill
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-|     h-h-h-h-h---h---|
----s-------s---|     ----s----ssss---|
b---b---b---b---|     b---b---b---bb--|

As it is looped in the studio-version,the drumming is very monotone.
I think most of you prefer playing the live-version:
In any case it is very important to play it tight.
Roger sometimes opens the hi-hat for one or two 8-notes to bring a bit more 
variety into the pattern.He also uses a crash cymbal to set some 
accents(especially after the fills).In some live-versions Roger plays the 
bass-drum only on the upbeats(1 + 3) ,in others he plays it like on the record.

Have fun!

	        

Written by John Deacon

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