Leave the Door Open
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) · 2021
a staple for a laid-back vintage soul pocket and ghost-note feel
- Artist
- Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak)
- Year
- 2021
- Genre
- pop
- Drummer
- Anderson .Paak
- Tempo
- 73 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- smooth 70s-soul ballad groove
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
44bpm
Building
58bpm
Target
73bpm
The feel
A smooth 70s-soul ballad groove in 4/4 around 73 BPM. It's slow — the space between hits is the hard part; keep the pulse dead steady and resist filling gaps.
What to watch
- •Keep the ghost notes a whisper — felt, not heard. They make the groove breathe.
- •Sit just behind the beat and let it breathe; don't chase the click forward.
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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