American Idiot
Green Day · 2004
High-energy punk groove with driving quarter-note hi-hat for speed and endurance.
- Artist
- Green Day
- Year
- 2004
- Genre
- punk
- Drummer
- Tré Cool
- Tempo
- 186 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- fast straight 8ths
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
112bpm
Building
148bpm
Target
186bpm
The feel
A fast straight 8ths in 4/4 around 186 BPM. It's fast — economy of motion is everything; speed comes from relaxation, not force.
What to watch
- •Keep the quarter-note kick relentless and even — it's the engine.
How to learn it
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