Dance to the Music
Sly and the Family Stone · 1968
Teaches driving early-funk energy and confident up-tempo backbeat.
- Artist
- Sly and the Family Stone
- Year
- 1968
- Genre
- funk
- Drummer
- Greg Errico
- Tempo
- 124 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- up-tempo funk-soul
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
74bpm
Building
100bpm
Target
124bpm
The feel
A up-tempo funk-soul in 4/4 around 124 BPM. It moves — stay relaxed in the hands so you don't tense up and rush.
What to watch
- •Funk lives in the hi-hat and the ghosted snare — tighten those before the backbeat.
- •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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Learn it
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