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Pick Up The Phone by Falling in Reverse — album cover

Drum play-along

Pick Up The Phone – Falling in Reverse

Tempo
138 BPM
Length
4:36
Difficulty
Medium
Bars
164
Notes
1,661
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Pick Up The Phone by Falling in Reverse in DRUMY: the chorus falling in Beatfall

Pick Up The Phone drums: tempo, difficulty and parts

Pick Up The Phone by Falling in Reverse is 138 BPM and runs 4:36: 164 bars and 1,661 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, crash, ride, 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.

The first fill worth practising comes at 0:43, its longest section is the Verse (0:35) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.

Song map

  1. Radio
  2. Main Riff
  3. Verse
  4. Pre Chorus
  5. Chorus
  6. Main Riff
  7. Verse
  8. Pre Chorus
  9. Chorus
  10. Bridge
  11. Solo
  12. Intro
  13. Chorus
  14. Main Riff

Pick Up The Phone drum beats and fills

The beats and fills worth practising in Pick Up The Phone, found in DRUMY’s drum chart: the ones to learn first, not every one in the song. Each beat is listed where it first comes in, with how many bars of its section play it; a fill marked ×2 or more comes round again later, the same or nearly the same.

Beats

  1. Radio beatbar 110 bars
  2. Main Riff beatbar 112 bars
  3. Pre Chorus beatbar 365 bars
  4. Chorus beatbar 455 bars
  5. Bridge beatbar 1116 bars
  6. Solo beatbar 1194 bars
  7. Main Riff beatbar 1533 bars

Fills

  1. Fill at bar 26bar 26×3
  2. Fill into Bridgebar 110
  3. Fill at bar 122bar 122
  4. Fill into Main Riffbar 152

Learn them in the Trainer

The Trainer teaches Pick Up The Phone a part at a time, then the joins between the parts, every step starting at 70% of full speed.

How to play Pick Up The Phone on drums

  1. Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
  2. Press play. The notes of Pick Up The Phone come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
  3. Slow it down. Take the Fill into Main Riff at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 138 BPM.
  4. Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Pick Up The Phone drum cover.
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Pick Up The Phone on drums: questions

How hard is Pick Up The Phone on drums?

Pick Up The Phone by Falling in Reverse is rated medium in the song library: 1,661 notes over 164 bars at 138 BPM. Start it at 0.5× or 0.75×, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What BPM is Pick Up The Phone?

Pick Up The Phone plays at about 138 BPM and runs 4:36.

Where are the drum fills in Pick Up The Phone?

The fills worth practising in Pick Up The Phone come at 0:43 (Fill at bar 26, played 3 times), 3:05 (Fill into Bridge), 3:25 (Fill at bar 122) and 4:15 (Fill into Main Riff). These are the ones DRUMY's drum chart picks out to learn first, not every fill in the song.

Can I play Pick Up The Phone on drums without the drums in the song?

Play it along with the full recording, or turn the backing off and play to the click.

Can I learn Pick Up The Phone step by step?

Yes. DRUMY's Trainer turns Pick Up The Phone into a course: its beats, fills and joins one at a time. Each step starts at 70% of full speed, moves up after two times round at 90% or better, and slows to as low as 50% if it needs to. Learning the hands and the kick separately is an option.

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