Foo Fighters · 2002 · drums by Taylor Hawkins
Times Like These
From One by One. Intermediate · Odd meters · rock
Tempo
145BPM
- Time signature
- 7/4 + 4/4
- Feel
- Odd meters
- Tempo band
- 120–150
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
The quarter-note pulse. Some databases halve it to 72.
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 115 and climbs to 145 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
The intro and verses are in seven, which nobody notices until they try to play along: count the guitar figure as 4 + 3 and let the chorus open out into plain 4/4. A good first odd-meter song because it feels like a rock song.
Intermediate: Needs independence, a feel, or fills you have to learn.
Taylor Hawkins
- Taylor Hawkins's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 2002 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Taylor Hawkins songs
All 5 Taylor Hawkins songs at tempo →
- Learn to Fly136
- All My Life168
- Best of You130
- The Pretender173
Songs at about 145 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.
- Duality144
- Holiday147
- Longview143
- Means to an End147
- Nothing Else Matters142
- Panama142