The Good Life drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
The Good Life by Three Days Grace is 128 BPM and runs 2:54: 92 bars and 828 notes played on the crash, kick, snare, floor tom, tom 2, hi-hat and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 8 fills, its longest section is the Chorus (0:22) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Band Enters
- Verse
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Verse II
- Chorus 2
- Interlude
- Bridge
- Break
- Final Chorus
- Outro
How to play The Good Life on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of The Good Life 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 89 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 128 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your The Good Life drum cover.
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