The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Band · 1969
Teaches dynamic control and a marching-style backbeat within a narrative song.
- Artist
- The Band
- Year
- 1969
- Genre
- americana/roots
- Drummer
- Levon Helm
- Tempo
- 92 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- backbeat
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
56bpm
Building
74bpm
Target
92bpm
The feel
A backbeat in 4/4 around 92 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •Play to a metronome and prize consistency over speed — even time is the whole game.
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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