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Hey Jude drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Hey Jude by The Beatles is 74 BPM and runs 7:09: 134 bars and 1,492 notes played on the ride, kick, snare, hi-hat, floor tom, tom 1 and crash.
The drum part is rated Easy — a good first song: steady, and forgiving while you find the groove.
It has 9 fills, its longest section is the Outro (2:23) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Verse I
- Verse II
- Bridge I
- Verse III
- Bridge II
- Verse IV
- Outro
- Fade Out
How to play Hey Jude on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Hey Jude 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 59 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 74 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Hey Jude drum cover.
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