Always remember us this way - Lady Gaga · Phil McGarrick

64 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 1:58 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
64
LENGTH
1:58
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 55% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-20, 22-29 and 31, and 3 more places -- 55% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 130 BPM
ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY - LADY GAGA · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 21, 35, 39, 45 and 63.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

64 bars across 3 sections: 40 keep time, 5 are fills, 13 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-20.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesCLS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Always remember us this way - Lady Gaga?

130 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Always remember us this way - Lady Gaga hard to play on drums?

38 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 17 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

64 bars, about 1:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 3 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Always remember us this way - Lady Gaga?

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 21, 35, 39, 45 and 63.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 64 BARS ANALYSED
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