Love Will Tear Us Apart · Joy Division

124 bars of 4/4 at 147 BPM, about 3:22 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
147 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
124
LENGTH
3:22
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 63% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-11, 13-15 and 17-19, and 18 more places -- 62.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 147 BPM
LOVE WILL TEAR US APART · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

124 bars across 4 sections: 116 keep time and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 13-99.

PART B
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesDEBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Love Will Tear Us Apart?

147 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 Love Will Tear Us Apart hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the speed of the hand keeping time. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

124 bars, about 3:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 5 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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