Israelites
Desmond Dekker · 1968
Early rocksteady groove that helped bridge ska into reggae time.
- Artist
- Desmond Dekker
- Year
- 1968
- Genre
- rocksteady
- Drummer
- session (uncredited)
- Tempo
- 118 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- rocksteady
- Difficulty
- beginner
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
70bpm
Building
94bpm
Target
118bpm
The feel
A rocksteady in 4/4 around 118 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
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