DRUMY
I Want You (She's So Heavy) drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
I Want You (She's So Heavy) by The Beatles is 55 BPM and runs 9:53: 207 bars and 2,279 notes played on the ride, kick, snare, crash, hi-hat, tom 1, floor tom 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 6 fills, its longest section is the Chorus (2:32) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Interlude
- Verse 2
- Interlude
- Chorus
- Guitar Solo
- Interlude
- Chorus
- Verse 3
- Interlude
- Chorus
- Outro
How to play I Want You (She's So Heavy) on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of I Want You (She's So Heavy) 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 154 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 55 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your I Want You (She's So Heavy) drum cover.
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