Drum beat in the style of “Poker Face” — Lady Gaga
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· Simplified drum grooves in the style of famous songs — not exact transcriptions.
Lady Gaga’s 2008 electropop hit sits on a four-on-the-floor kick with an off-beat hi-hat. Treat it as dance music: even, steady, relentless.
- Tempo
- 119 BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Groove
- four-on-the-floor beat
- Genre
- Pop
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Loop
- 4 bars
Drum pattern
| Open hi-hat | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snare | ||||||||||||||||
| Kick |
| 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 hand | 4 |
|---|---|
| Snare hand | 2 |
| Kick foot | 4 |
| Kick notes without a cymbal | 4 |
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 119 BPM it has a medium tempo: one beat lasts 504 ms and a 4/4 bar takes 2 seconds. Use the tempo buttons to slow it down while you learn.
Practice plan
How it differs from similar beats
Compared with “Could You Be Loved” (Bob Marley & The Wailers, rockers reggae beat), this groove adds snare accents on 2 and 4 and drops the snare on 3 — and it runs 16 BPM faster. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. Could You Be Loved →
“Thriller” (Michael Jackson) uses exactly the same simplified pattern, 1 BPM slower — a good warm-up before this one. Thriller →
Other songs with the same four-on-the-floor beat
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This is a simplified rhythm pattern in the style of “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga, written for drum practice. It is not a transcription of the recording and contains no audio, lyrics or artwork. Drums3D is not affiliated with Lady Gaga.