We Are Young · Fun.

95 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 3:17 of playing, on snare, mid tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePop90 to 119 BPMShuffle / tripletFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
95
LENGTH
3:17
DIFFICULTY
33/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 24-38, 48-62 and 80-94 -- 48.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 116 BPM
WE ARE YOUNG · BAR 24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

95 bars across 8 sections: 86 keep time and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 64-79.

PART A
PART B
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesEFABS5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is We Are Young?

116 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 We Are Young 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

95 bars, about 3:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 4 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

snare, mid tom 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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