Proud Mary
Creedence Clearwater Revival · 1969
A cover-band standard for practicing a consistent mid-tempo backbeat.
- Artist
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Year
- 1969
- Genre
- classic rock
- Drummer
- Doug Clifford
- Tempo
- 120 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- steady rolling rock
- Difficulty
- beginner
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
72bpm
Building
96bpm
Target
120bpm
The feel
A steady rolling rock in 4/4 around 120 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
Find drum tutorials on YouTube ↗iDrum links to where lessons already live — we don't host recordings or publish transcriptions. Play along from your own music.
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