Drum beat in the style of “Atemlos durch die Nacht” — Helene Fischer

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Helene Fischer’s 2013 Schlager hit is dance music at heart: kick on every beat and an open hi-hat on the off-beats, with a fill at the end of each phrase.

Tempo
128 BPM
Time signature
4/4
Groove
four-on-the-floor beat
Genre
Pop
Difficulty
Easy
Loop
4 bars

Drum pattern

Main groove × 3
Open hi-hat
Snare
Kick
Fill × 1
Open hi-hat
Snare
Kick

Each row is one drum, each column one step. Large dots are accents, small dots normal hits, faint dots ghost notes.

Who plays what: notes per bar

Cymbal hand4
Snare hand2
Kick foot4
Kick notes without a cymbal4

The tricky spot is the 4 kick notes that fall between cymbal strokes — practice hand and foot on their own there before playing the whole groove.

About this groove

At about 128 BPM it has an up-tempo feel: one beat lasts 469 ms and a 4/4 bar takes 1.9 seconds. Use the tempo buttons to slow it down while you learn.

Practice plan

BPM

Learn At 128 BPM, “Atemlos durch die Nacht” is faster than 69% of the 150 songs in our catalogue. See all song tempos →

96 193 BPM Atemlos durch die Nacht · 128
Tempo among our pop songs

Step-by-step breakdown of the four-on-the-floor beat →

How it differs from similar beats

Compared with “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” (Eurythmics, pop beat with a four-on-the-floor kick), this groove plays off-beat 8ths on the cymbal instead of straight 8ths — and it runs 2 BPM faster. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) →

“Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” (Shakira) uses exactly the same simplified pattern, 1 BPM slower — a good warm-up before this one. Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) →

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This is a simplified rhythm pattern in the style of “Atemlos durch die Nacht” by Helene Fischer, written for drum practice. It is not a transcription of the recording and contains no audio, lyrics or artwork. Drums3D is not affiliated with Helene Fischer.