Love and Happiness
Al Green · 1972
Showcases dynamic control and the slow-burn pocket that anchors a build in intensity.
- Artist
- Al Green
- Year
- 1972
- Genre
- soul
- Drummer
- Al Jackson Jr.
- Tempo
- 88 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- laid-back soul groove
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
52bpm
Building
70bpm
Target
88bpm
The feel
A laid-back soul groove in 4/4 around 88 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •Sit just behind the beat and let it breathe; don't chase the click forward.
How to learn it
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Learn it
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