Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran · 2014
a staple for the classic 12/8 soul-ballad triplet groove
- Artist
- Ed Sheeran
- Year
- 2014
- Genre
- pop
- Drummer
- Chris Laws
- Tempo
- 79 bpm
- Time
- 12/8
- Feel
- slow 12/8 soul-ballad triplet feel
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
48bpm
Building
64bpm
Target
79bpm
The feel
A slow 12/8 soul-ballad triplet feel in 12/8 around 79 BPM. It's slow — the space between hits is the hard part; keep the pulse dead steady and resist filling gaps.
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
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