Foo Fighters · 1999 · drums by Taylor Hawkins
Learn to Fly
From There Is Nothing Left to Lose. Beginner · Straight · rock
Tempo
136BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 120–150
- Difficulty
- Beginner
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 106 and climbs to 136 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
A straight-eighths pop-rock beat with a lifted hi-hat in the chorus and simple snare fills. Hawkins' first Foo Fighters record, and one of the cleanest songs to learn dynamics on: verses small, choruses open.
Beginner: A steady beat and a fill or two — first-gig material.
Taylor Hawkins
- Taylor Hawkins's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1999 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Taylor Hawkins songs
Songs at about 136 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.