Manic Depression
The Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1967
A rare rock song in 3/4 with jazzy fills, teaching triple-meter rock feel.
- Artist
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Year
- 1967
- Genre
- psychedelic rock
- Drummer
- Mitch Mitchell
- Tempo
- 132 bpm
- Time
- 3/4
- Feel
- jazzy waltz-rock
- Difficulty
- advanced
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
80bpm
Building
106bpm
Target
132bpm
The feel
A jazzy waltz-rock in 3/4 around 132 BPM. It moves — stay relaxed in the hands so you don't tense up and rush.
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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