Poker Face
Lady Gaga · 2008
a staple for a driving four-on-the-floor club-pop pulse
- Artist
- Lady Gaga
- Year
- 2008
- Genre
- dance-pop
- Drummer
- programmed (RedOne)
- Tempo
- 119 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- four-on-the-floor programmed electro-dance beat
- Difficulty
- beginner
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
72bpm
Building
96bpm
Target
119bpm
The feel
A four-on-the-floor programmed electro-dance beat in 4/4 around 119 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •Keep the quarter-note kick relentless and even — it's the engine.
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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