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Square One and The Hardest Part drums please

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Would anybody here please be able to post Square One and The Hardest Part drum tabs please? THP seems pretty straightforward but would just like written confirmation as I'd love to play along to this, one of my fave songs, and Square 1 is amazing also. Thanks! :)

Hey! I got your PM--I'll try tabbing all of Square One or THP this week. But in the meantime, do you have any specific parts of those songs that I can tab out right away?

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Thanks so much Alyssa that's really good of you :) I'm not too good exactly on tabbing myself but for THP during the verses it seems to be a straight forward snare pattern, I think lol.

  • 3 weeks later...

K, this isn't a full tab, but it should help you to figure out all of Square One. THP is next. :P

 

Speed = about 120 BPM

key
HH = High hat (x = closed, o=open)
Rd = Ride
Sn = Snare
Bd = Base Drum
T1 = any one of your rack toms


so, the main beat of square one is this (also the intro):

Hh|xxxx--xxxxo---x-|xxxx--xxxxo---x-|
Sn|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|
Bd|o-----o---o-----|o-----o---o-----|
Ct|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|

which occasionaly, will puts in a few more high hat notes and does this:

Hh|xxxx--xxxxo---xx|xxxx--xxxxo-----|
Sn|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|
Bd|o-----o---o-----|o-----o---o-----|
Ct|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|

here's some of the variations/fills for this beat

around 0:55:                                        cres. HH
Hh|xxxx--xxxxo---x-|xxxx--xxxxo---o-|xxxx--xxxxo---o-|xxxx--xxxoo-----|
Sn|----o-------o---|----o-------oo--|----o-------oo--|----o-------o-oo|
Bd|o-----o---o-----|o-----o---o-----|o-----o---o-----|o-----o---------|
Ct|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|



around 2:22:
Hh|xxxx--xxxxo---xx|xxo---xxxxo---o-|xxxx--xxxxo---xx|xxo---xxooo-----|
Sn|----o-------o---|----o-------oo--|----o-------oo--|----oo------oo--|
T1|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------oo|
Bd|o-----o---o---o-|--o---o---o-----|o-----o---o---o-|--o---o---------|
Ct|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|






 

If you have a hard time figuring out the counting, just go ahead and download this program called TabTrax--you can copy and paste up to four measures of tab and it'll play it in MIDI format. :)

 

download:

http://www.download.com/3001-2133_4-10490330.html

 

note: not completely finished -- I'll tab out the rest and the chorus soon

  • 2 weeks later...
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Thank you so much Alyssa that's really cool of you :) I've been trying to teach myself a few Coldplay and Keane songs recently. So far I can play, with varying degrees of quality!, Yellow, The Scientist, In My Place, I Ran Away, Somewhere Only We Know, Can't Stop Now, Bedshaped, Is It Any Wonder, Nothing In My Way.

Thanks alyssa! I barely see any drum tabs around on the net. It's a pleasure to see some of it here. :)

I cannot help you with tabs,since I've never thought to use them(or need them,for that matter)

But,if this helps,the drumming is "Square One"is almost identical to Keane's "Atlantic"

 

If you just listen to the drums-heck any instrument-it should be easy.

 

I knew the drumming to their songs,simply by listening.If you need a sheet to teach you how to drum,do you really have rhythm?I'm curious...

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Rhythm, what's that?

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And Square One is similar to Atlantic? - Which part exactly???

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And congratulations for being able to hear every single part of the music without needing the sheet music, real cool ;)

And Square One is similar to Atlantic? - Which part exactly???

 

At least the opening drums.Obviously not during the part where the guy sings.

 

But basically from the start of the song to the part where he sings.They are VERY similiar to "Square One"'s

  • 3 weeks later...

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