Bad Romance (metal cover) · Lady Gaga

113 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 3:20 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ElectronicPop120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
113
LENGTH
3:20
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 58% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-8, 18-25 and 28-34, and 6 more places -- 57.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAD ROMANCE (METAL COVER) · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 9, 13, 17, 26, 27, 35 and 12 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 26-27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

113 bars across 9 sections: 79 keep time, 18 are fills and 7 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-8.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART J
OUTRO
4 groovesBEJIFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bad Romance (metal cover)?

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 Bad Romance (metal cover) hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

113 bars, about 3:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 22 exercises over 8 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Bad Romance (metal cover)?

5 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 9, 13, 17, 26, 27, 35 and 12 more.

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