Foo Fighters

Play drums likeTaylor Hawkins

American drummer (1972–2022)

The songs with Taylor Hawkins on drums, to play on your own kit: The Pretender, Times Like These and Rope 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 The Pretender

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Taylor Hawkins playing drums — Photo: Raphael Pour-Hashemi, CC BY 2.0

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Mediumeasiest — The Pretender
134average BPM
168fastest — All My Life

Songs with Taylor Hawkins on drums

The PretenderFoo Fighters

Times Like TheseFoo Fighters

RopeFoo Fighters

All My LifeFoo Fighters More Foo Fighters songsSearch the whole library in the app

How to play drums like Taylor Hawkins

Start with The Pretender — the easiest of their parts here (medium), at 87 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 Rope: 2,072 notes in 4:21. 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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Playing Taylor Hawkins's drum parts: questions

What songs does Taylor Hawkins play drums on?

On DRUMY you can play along to the songs with Taylor Hawkins on drums: The Pretender (Foo Fighters), Times Like These (Foo Fighters), Rope (Foo Fighters) and All My Life (Foo Fighters).

What is the easiest Taylor Hawkins song to play on drums?

The Pretender by Foo Fighters — rated medium, at 87 BPM. Play it at 0.75× first, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What is Taylor Hawkins's hardest drum part here?

Rope: 2,072 notes in 4:21, rated medium. The fastest is All My Life at 168 BPM.

How do I learn to play drums like Taylor Hawkins?

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.