The Middle
Jimmy Eat World · 2001
Uptempo pop-punk groove with a steady drive for endurance and consistency.
- Artist
- Jimmy Eat World
- Year
- 2001
- Genre
- emo
- Drummer
- Zach Lind
- Tempo
- 162 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- driving straight 8ths
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
98bpm
Building
130bpm
Target
162bpm
The feel
A driving straight 8ths in 4/4 around 162 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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