When the Saints Go Marching In
Louis Armstrong · 1938
The classic vehicle for the traditional New Orleans march and second-line drumming.
- Artist
- Louis Armstrong
- Year
- 1938
- Genre
- jazz
- Drummer
- Paul Barbarin
- Tempo
- 180 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- second line
- Difficulty
- beginner
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
108bpm
Building
144bpm
Target
180bpm
The feel
A second line in 4/4 around 180 BPM. It's fast — economy of motion is everything; speed comes from relaxation, not force.
What to watch
- •Play to a metronome and prize consistency over speed — even time is the whole game.
How to learn it
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