Breaking the Law
Judas Priest · 1980
A beginner gateway with a simple, steady mid-tempo heavy-metal backbeat.
- Artist
- Judas Priest
- Year
- 1980
- Genre
- heavy metal
- Drummer
- Dave Holland
- Tempo
- 137 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- straight
- Difficulty
- beginner
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
82bpm
Building
110bpm
Target
137bpm
The feel
A straight in 4/4 around 137 BPM. It moves — stay relaxed in the hands so you don't tense up and rush.
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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