Back in Black
AC/DC · 1980
Textbook rock backbeat and pocket that defines locked-in simplicity.
- Artist
- AC/DC
- Year
- 1980
- Genre
- rock
- Drummer
- Phil Rudd
- Tempo
- 94 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- straight 8ths
- Difficulty
- beginner
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
56bpm
Building
76bpm
Target
94bpm
The feel
A straight 8ths in 4/4 around 94 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
Form
Intro · Verse · Chorus · Verse · Chorus · Guitar Solo · Chorus · Outro
What to watch
- •Sit just behind the beat and let it breathe; don't chase the click forward.
How to learn it
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