Use Somebody · Kings Of Leon

123 bars of 4/4 at 137 BPM, about 3:35 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePop120 to 149 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
137 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
123
LENGTH
3:35
DIFFICULTY
37/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 42% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1, 3 and 5, and 19 more places -- 41.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 137 BPM
USE SOMEBODY · BAR 81
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 48, 56, 80, 88, 104, 108 and 3 more.

LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 88 · LANDS ON BAR 89
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 104 · LANDS ON BAR 105

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

123 bars across 9 sections: 86 keep time, 9 are fills, 2 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 34-47.

CHORUS
PART S2
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART G
PART D
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesADS2GIFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Use Somebody?

137 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 Use Somebody hard to play on drums?

37 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 21 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

123 bars, about 3:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 7 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Use Somebody?

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 48, 56, 80, 88, 104, 108 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 123 BARS ANALYSED
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