Crazy Little Thing Called Love
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-----|
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------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 + +
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----------------r-r-r-r-|r---------------s-s-s-s-|s---s---s---s---s---s---|
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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-----------------------|
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r---------------s-s-s-s-|s---s---s---s---s---s---|------------------------|
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Crash Cymbal muted with hands
1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + + ...repeat this eight times 1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
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1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + + 1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + + -...Fig.1 till end
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s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-|s---------------s-s-----|
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