The pass (Rush) drum cover + free pdf transcription

Hey everyone!
This is my tribute video to Neil Peart, who left us exactly 3 years ago, on Jan 7th 2020. He’s been my first great influence in becoming a full time musician, as I am today, beginning with his unique drumming vocabulary and going down to his deepest reflections as a magnificent writer and human being.
To pay him a tribute, I chose the song “The Pass” from the Presto album, 1989, because it's always been one of the most beloved songs by the band and also by me. The music of this song was written as a consequence of the inspiration coming from the powerful lyrics written by Neil, making it an exception in the band's usual creative flow.
I wrote down the full transcription and I’m sharing it with you, you’ll find it here: 9082147c-58b2-...
The transcription is an adaptation I made to what Neil actually plays on his huge hybrid drums in order to make it playable and enjoyable by everyone on a standard drum set, like the one I’m playing in this video.
I kindly remind y'all that this video isn’t meant to be anything else than me playing a song that I love, from a band that I love, just sharing this love with you, thinking you might find interesting to understand how he plays one of the drum parts he admittedly took the most time to compose. I don’t want to pretend to play like him, I never have, I don’t wanna pretend to have his sound, his intensity, he was just being himself behind the kit: I am just a huge fan enjoying his mastery.
This song is very well composed and arranged, but is not as difficult to play as other songs by Rush, so don’t be afraid to give it a try, even if you’re still in your beginning years of drumming.
For all the music inspiration, for your deep thoughts, for your being the most gentle soul, I have to say: thank you Neil, from the bottom of my heart. You are truly missed.
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For all the gears-addicted among you, here’s some technical stuff you may enjoy.
The drum set is a vintage George Hayman, 1969, with a 22x14” bass drum, 14x5” snare drum, 13x10” rack tom and a 16x16” floor tom.
The hi-hat is a 15” Zildjian K sweet, the ride cymbal is a 21” Avedis Zildjian Sweet, the left-side crash is a 16” Zildjian A custom, the right-side crash is a 20” Zildjian K cluster crash.
I recorded the drums with four mics, using the same technique described in this video: • Want OPEN and NATURAL ...
I played along the original track without drums, that I obtained using Moises to remove them.
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I really hope you find this useful, for further info don’t hesitate to contact me.
You can join me on my Instagram page, where I'm frequently active: / valentinovitalimusic
If you'd like me to record drums on your next album, or you'd like to book online lessons about drumming or recording drums, please DM me on Instagram or send me an email at [e-mail]

[@SurrendertheEctypeofficial]

Excellent job

[@ValentinoVitaliMusic]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@streamofconsciousness5826]

RUSH's favorite RUSH Song. 4:55 → took us with you into the Flow. Great Job. That was a Good Jam and it showed. La canzone RUSH preferita di RUSH. 4:55 → ci ha portato con voi nel Flusso. Ottimo lavoro. Quella era una buona marmellata e si vedeva.

[@ValentinoVitaliMusic]

Thanks a lot, I’m glad to know I payed Neil a good tribute, he deserves all the love 🙏🏻

[@arielherreros7544]

Buen trabajo, y hermosa cancion de Rush...saludos desde Argentina...

[@ValentinoVitaliMusic]

Muchas gracias Ariel, saludos desde Italia 🇮🇹 🙏🏻

[@gsorvalis]

I am in my beginning of drumming - like 4 years in now. My friend kills this song on bass and I am learning this drum part so thank you so much for the video and pdf. Huge rush fan here too. A Ghost of a Chance is next if I can practice enough to get The Pass. h Cheers and rock on!

[@ValentinoVitaliMusic]

Glad you enjoyed, keep at it! “The pass” is a masterpiece of arrangement, every single part isolated is not that hard, but you must be consistent in your sound while being focused on all the constant changes. In other words, is a proof of real musicianship rather than a show of technique. Have fun, cheers from Italy!

[@pabloalvarez-l5l]

Excelente!! Gran intérprete de una de las canciones más sentidas de Rush y de los golpes del maestro eterno NP

[@ValentinoVitaliMusic]

Muchisimas gracias 🙏🏻

[@gcapps100]

You made that look easy. Nice job.

[@ValentinoVitaliMusic]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching 😄

[@HoradoSomOficial]

Perfect

[@ValentinoVitaliMusic]

🙏🏻

[@АндрейПугачев-т7п]

Одна из любимых песен Rush. Классная работа!

[@ValentinoVitaliMusic]

Thanks, one of my fav too! 🙏🏻

[@JamesMangan-ng2yn]

Love it good shit

[@ValentinoVitaliMusic]

🙏🏻😄

[@MiKiMusik005]

Bel video vale! Suonata molto bene. Notare a 3:23 la moongel sul tom che si rivolta 😂

[@ValentinoVitaliMusic]

❤😂