Is This Love
Bob Marley and the Wailers · 1978
A staple for internalizing one-drop feel and relaxed reggae pocket.
- Artist
- Bob Marley and the Wailers
- Year
- 1978
- Genre
- reggae
- Drummer
- Carlton Barrett
- Tempo
- 76 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- one drop
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
46bpm
Building
60bpm
Target
76bpm
The feel
A one drop in 4/4 around 76 BPM. It's slow — the space between hits is the hard part; keep the pulse dead steady and resist filling gaps.
What to watch
- •Sit just behind the beat and let it breathe; don't chase the click forward.
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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