Heart of Glass
Blondie · 1979
a staple for combining live drumming with an electronic pulse
- Artist
- Blondie
- Year
- 1979
- Genre
- disco
- Drummer
- Clem Burke
- Tempo
- 115 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- disco four-on-the-floor played against a drum machine
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
70bpm
Building
92bpm
Target
115bpm
The feel
A disco four-on-the-floor played against a drum machine in 4/4 around 115 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •Keep the quarter-note kick relentless and even — it's the engine.
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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