Sugar, We're Goin Down
Fall Out Boy · 2005
Punchy half-time groove with signature syncopated fills popular for covers.
- Artist
- Fall Out Boy
- Year
- 2005
- Genre
- pop-punk
- Drummer
- Andy Hurley
- Tempo
- 90 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- half-time straight 8ths
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
54bpm
Building
72bpm
Target
90bpm
The feel
A half-time straight 8ths in 4/4 around 90 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •Feel the backbeat on beat 3. Resist collapsing it into a straight-time groove.
How to learn it
Well-known tutorials exist for this one — use the links below, and play along from your own copy.
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Learn it
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