Just a Girl
No Doubt · 1995
a staple for an energetic ska-inflected pop-rock groove
- Artist
- No Doubt
- Year
- 1995
- Genre
- pop-rock
- Drummer
- Adrian Young
- Tempo
- 108 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- upbeat ska-punk influenced pop-rock
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
64bpm
Building
86bpm
Target
108bpm
The feel
A upbeat ska-punk influenced pop-rock in 4/4 around 108 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •Play to a metronome and prize consistency over speed — even time is the whole game.
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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