Another One Bites the Dust
Queen · 1980
Simple, tight groove that teaches pocket and space.
- Artist
- Queen
- Year
- 1980
- Genre
- rock
- Drummer
- Roger Taylor
- Tempo
- 110 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- disco-rock groove
- Difficulty
- beginner
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
66bpm
Building
88bpm
Target
110bpm
The feel
A disco-rock groove in 4/4 around 110 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
Form
Intro (bass line) · Verse · Chorus · Verse · Chorus · Breakdown · Chorus · Outro
What to watch
- •Sit just behind the beat and let it breathe; don't chase the click forward.
- •Keep the quarter-note kick relentless and even — it's the engine.
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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