Hey Pocky A-Way
The Meters · 1974
Teaches the loose second-line shuffle feel central to New Orleans funk drumming.
- Artist
- The Meters
- Year
- 1974
- Genre
- funk
- Drummer
- Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste
- Tempo
- 92 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- second-line funk
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
56bpm
Building
74bpm
Target
92bpm
The feel
A second-line funk in 4/4 around 92 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •Lock the shuffle triplet; the #1 mistake is letting it straighten out as you speed up.
- •Funk lives in the hi-hat and the ghosted snare — tighten those before the backbeat.
How to learn it
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