Arctic Monkeys

Play drums likeMatt Helders

English musician (born 1986)

The songs with Matt Helders on drums, to play on your own kit: R U Mine?, Fluorescent Adolescent and I Want It All and more. The notes come down in time with each recording, and every hit is judged — so you find out how close you get to the real part.

Start with Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?

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Matt Helders playing drums — Photo: Cryinglightning505, CC0

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Easyeasiest — Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
122average BPM
207fastest — I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

Songs with Matt Helders on drums

R U Mine?Arctic Monkeys

Fluorescent Adolescent by Arctic Monkeys

Fluorescent AdolescentArctic Monkeys

I Want It AllArctic Monkeys

I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor by Arctic Monkeys

I Bet You Look Good On The DancefloorArctic Monkeys

Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? by Arctic Monkeys

Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?Arctic Monkeys

Crying LightningArctic Monkeys

Mardy BumArctic Monkeys More Arctic Monkeys songsSearch the whole library in the app

How to play drums like Matt Helders

Start with Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? — the easiest of their parts here (easy), at 92 BPM. Take it at 0.75× until the groove sits.
Learn it part by part. The Trainer splits a song into its beats and fills, hands first and then the kick, from 70% up to full speed.
Work up to I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor: 1,427 notes in 2:48. Switch on the Easy level to take its hardest notes out, then switch it off.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — and watch your score climb run by run.

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Arctic Monkeys drum songs

Playing Matt Helders's drum parts: questions

What songs does Matt Helders play drums on?

On DRUMY you can play along to the songs with Matt Helders on drums: R U Mine? (Arctic Monkeys), Fluorescent Adolescent (Arctic Monkeys), I Want It All (Arctic Monkeys), I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (Arctic Monkeys), Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? (Arctic Monkeys) and Crying Lightning (Arctic Monkeys) and more.

What is the easiest Matt Helders song to play on drums?

Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? by Arctic Monkeys — rated easy, at 92 BPM. Play it at 0.75× first, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What is Matt Helders's hardest drum part here?

I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor: 1,427 notes in 2:48, rated medium. The fastest is I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor at 207 BPM.

How do I learn to play drums like Matt Helders?

Pick one of their songs and open the Trainer: it teaches the song part by part — the beats, the fills, then the joins — hands first and then the kick, from 70% speed up to full speed, on your own electronic kit.