Fame is a Gun · Addison Rae

21 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 0:37 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
21
LENGTH
0:37
DIFFICULTY
33/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 56% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-17 -- 55.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 138 BPM
FAME IS A GUN · BAR 13
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

21 bars across 3 sections: 8 keep time and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 13-17.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesS1BCFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Fame is a Gun?

138 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 Fame is a Gun hard to play on drums?

33 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 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

21 bars, about 0:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 5 exercises over 2 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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