Again, Dragon Attack isn't all that bad for the right wrist. It's 16ths at just 90 bpm.
MTRNR had 8ths at about 220 - 230 bpm depending on the night. Which equals 16ths at 110 - 115 bpm (Not even taking into account the double stroke bass drum and higher energy compared to Dragon Attack). But then the early 70's featured Roger in better overall physical shape IMO.
In fact, The Game tour was the first tour where Roger's playing seemed significantly inferior to the tour before. He started slipping a bit in his big endings (Check TYMD at Montreal), played Sheer Heart Attack in a much "safer" way, and developed a weird habit of just sitting crooked over his Hi-Hat during the songs (again, check Montreal).
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Again, Dragon Attack isn't all that bad for the right wrist. It's 16ths at just 90 bpm.
MTRNR had 8ths at about 220 - 230 bpm depending on the night. Which equals 16ths at 110 - 115 bpm (Not even taking into account the double stroke bass drum and higher energy compared to Dragon Attack). But then the early 70's featured Roger in better overall physical shape IMO.
In fact, The Game tour was the first tour where Roger's playing seemed significantly inferior to the tour before. He started slipping a bit in his big endings (Check TYMD at Montreal), played Sheer Heart Attack in a much "safer" way, and developed a weird habit of just sitting crooked over his Hi-Hat during the songs (again, check Montreal).
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Maybe you´ll find this article an interesting read, that will possibly answer some of your questions. Roger talks about efficiency when playing the drums.
http://www.queenonline.com/en/the-band/interviews/roger-taylor-1/drum-master-class/
"We used to do a song called Dragon Attack that was very hard on the right wrist (...)"
From my point of view, i think Roger is talking about the power of the attack with which he has to play Dragon Attack for it to have the right feeling VS speed of the song.
I´m not a drummer, so i can´t tell. But i appreciate your input on this matter.
