I Knew It, I Knew You · Taylor Swift

67 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 2:55 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
67
LENGTH
2:55
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 97% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-50 and 53-66 -- 97% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 92 BPM
I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 52.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

67 bars across 3 sections: 64 keep time, 1 is a fill, 1 is a stop and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-50.

CHORUS
OUTRO
2 groovesAS2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is I Knew It, I Knew You?

92 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 I Knew It, I Knew You hard to play on drums?

39 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 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

67 bars, about 2:55 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 5 exercises over 2 sittings, about 19 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in I Knew It, I Knew You?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 52.

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