Whipping Post
The Allman Brothers Band · 1969
The 11/8 intro riff and dual-drummer jam feel make it a serious odd-time study.
- Artist
- The Allman Brothers Band
- Year
- 1969
- Genre
- southern rock
- Drummer
- Butch Trucks
- Tempo
- 110 bpm
- Time
- 11/8
- Feel
- jam-rock, odd intro meter
- Difficulty
- advanced
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
66bpm
Building
88bpm
Target
110bpm
The feel
A jam-rock, odd intro meter in 11/8 around 110 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •Advanced: isolate the single hardest bar and loop it slowly before ever playing along.
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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