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Fast As You drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Fast As You by Dwight Yoakam is 125 BPM and runs 4:42: 147 bars and 1,867 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, crash, floor tom and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Easy — a good first song: steady, and forgiving while you find the groove.
It has 3 fills, its longest section is the Pre-Chorus (2:35) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Solo
- Pre-Chorus
How to play Fast As You on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Fast As You come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 108 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 125 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Fast As You drum cover.
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