'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' drums guide

Words and music by Freddie Mercury

Transcribed by Philipp (PraxisNothaft@t-online.de)

Notation Legend:

-------|  the line for closed Hi-Hat(h) and for Crash Cymbal(c)
-------|  line for overdubbed handclaps
-------|  line for snare-hits(s) and Rim-shots(r)
-------|  line for bass-drum
The song has got a 12/8 rythm..."3" means triole

Main-Pattern(Fig.1):

1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
h-----h-----h-----h-----|
------<-----------<-----|
------s-----------s-----|
<-----------<---<-------|

Let´s go:

1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + + ....fig.1 nine times..1 + + 2 + "3" 3 + + 4 + +
------------------------|                     h-----h------------------|
------------------------|                     ------<-----------<------|
----------------s-s-----|                     ------s---sss-s-s-s-s-s-s|
------------------------|                     <------------------------|

1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  ..fig.1 nine times..1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
------------------------|                    c-----h-----h-----h-----|
------------------------|                    ------<-----------<-----|
s---------------s-s-----|                    ------s-----------s-----|
------------------------|                    <-----------<---<-------|

1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 +"3" 1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +...fig.1 five times...
h-----h-----h-----h-----|------------------------|
------<-----------<-----|------------------------|
------s-----------s--sss|s---------------s-s-----|
<-----------<-----------|------------------------|

1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
h-----h-----h-----h-----|h-----h-----h-----h-----|h-----------------------|
------<-----------<-----|------<-----------<-----|------------------------|
------s-----------s-----|------s-----------s-----|------------------------|
<-----------<-----------|<-----------<---<-------|<-----------------------|

1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
----------------r-r-r-r-|r---------------s-s-s-s-|s---s---s---s---s---s---|
------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + + ...Fig.1 nine times..1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
c-----------------------|                    h-----h-----h-----h-----|
------------------------|                    ------<-----------<-----|
----------------s-s-----|                    ------s-----------s-----|
<-----------------------|                    <-----------<-----------|
Crash cymbal muted with hands

1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 +"3" 1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +...Fig.1..six times..
h-----h-----h-----h-----|------------------------|
------<-----------<-----|------------------------|
------s-----------s--sss|s---------------s-s-----|
<-----------<-----------|------------------------|

1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
h-----h-----h-----h-----|c-----------------------|------------------------|
------<-----------<-----|------------------------|------------------------|
------s-----------s-----|------------------------|----------------r-r-r-r-|
<-----------<-----------|<-----------------------|------------------------|
                         Crash Cymbal muted with hands

1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
------------------------|------------------------|c-----------------------|
------------------------|------------------------|------<-----------<-----|
r---------------s-s-s-s-|s---s---s---s---s---s---|------------------------|
------------------------|------------------------|<-----------------------|
                                                 Crash Cymbal muted with hands

1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + + ...repeat this eight times 1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
------------------------|                          ------------------------|
------<-----------<-----|                          ------<-----------<-----|
------------------------|                          ----------------------ss|
------------------------|                          ------------------------|

1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + + -...Fig.1 till end
------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|------------------------|
s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-|s---------------s-s-----|
------------------------|------------------------|
Author:
Last update: 03/21/2007