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Chicken Fried

Zac Brown Band · 2008

A clean modern-country backbeat, an accessible groove for steady eighth-note playing.

Artist
Zac Brown Band
Year
2008
Genre
modern country
Drummer
Chris Fryar
Tempo
128 bpm
Time
4/4
Feel
country backbeat
Difficulty
beginner

Drummer's Quick-Start

Practice tempos

Woodshed
76bpm
Building
102bpm
Target
128bpm

The feel

A country backbeat in 4/4 around 128 BPM. It moves — stay relaxed in the hands so you don't tense up and rush.

What to watch

  • •Play to a metronome and prize consistency over speed — even time is the whole game.

How to learn it

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