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Hanging On The Telephone drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Hanging On The Telephone by Blondie is 150 BPM and runs 2:16: 85 bars and 1,247 notes played on the kick, ride, snare, hi-hat, crash 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 5 fills, its longest section is the Solo (0:18) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Verse I
- Chorus
- Verse II
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Verse III
- Link (Chorus Style)
- Solo
- Verse IV
- Pre-Chorus
- Link
- Middle-8 Solo
- Outro Chorus Link
How to play Hanging On The Telephone on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Hanging On The Telephone 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 Chorus Link at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 150 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Hanging On The Telephone drum cover.
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