Kashmir
Led Zeppelin · 1975
Study in playing a steady 4/4 groove against an odd-metered riff.
- Artist
- Led Zeppelin
- Year
- 1975
- Genre
- rock
- Drummer
- John Bonham
- Tempo
- 80 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- heavy half-time feel
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
48bpm
Building
64bpm
Target
80bpm
The feel
A heavy half-time feel in 4/4 around 80 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •Feel the backbeat on beat 3. Resist collapsing it into a straight-time groove.
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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