Foo Fighters · 2007 · drums by Taylor Hawkins
The Pretender
From Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. Advanced · Straight · rock
Tempo
173BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 150+
- Difficulty
- Advanced
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 143 and climbs to 173 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
Quiet intro, then a relentless driving beat with the snare hitting every quarter note through the choruses. The stop-time "what if I say I'm not like the others" section needs the hits placed exactly with the guitar.
Advanced: Fast, odd, or both; the part is the reason the song is famous.
Taylor Hawkins
- Taylor Hawkins's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 2007 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Taylor Hawkins songs
Songs at about 173 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.