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Read About A Girl as drum notation
About A Girl drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
About A Girl by Nirvana is 129 BPM and runs 2:50: 93 bars and 1,232 notes played on the ride, kick, snare, hi-hat, crash, floor tom and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 9 fills, its longest section is the Outro (0:25) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro A (Guitar Riff)
- Intro B (Band-In)
- Verse 1
- Chorus 1
- Post-Chorus 1
- Verse 2
- Chorus 2
- Post-Chorus 2
- Guitar Solo
- Post-Solo/ Pre-Verse
- Verse 3
- Chorus 3
- Outro
How to play About A Girl on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of About A Girl come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Outro at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 129 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your About A Girl drum cover.
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