Are You Gonna Be My Girl drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet is 212 BPM and runs 3:28: 184 bars and 1,217 notes played on the snare, kick, hi-hat, crash, tom 2, floor tom and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 6 fills, its longest section is the [D] Post-Chorus (1:13) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Intro pt. 2
- [A] Verse
- [B] Prechorus
- [C] Chorus
- [D] Post-Chorus
- [E] Interlude
- [F] Solo
- [C'] Last Chorus
- [G] Ending
How to play Are You Gonna Be My Girl on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Are You Gonna Be My 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 Last Chorus at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 212 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Are You Gonna Be My Girl drum cover.
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