“Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2” — Pink Floyd: drum beat
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· Simplified drum grooves in the style of famous songs — not exact transcriptions.
Pink Floyd borrowed a disco feel for this 1979 hit: a steady kick on every beat with the hi-hat marking the off-beats. Keep it tight and a bit mechanical.
- Tempo
- 104 BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Groove
- rock beat with 8th notes
- Genre
- Rock
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Loop
- 4 bars
Drum pattern
| Open hi-hat | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hi-hat | ||||||||||||||||
| Snare | ||||||||||||||||
| Kick |
| Hi-hat | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor tom | ||||||||||||||||
| Snare | ||||||||||||||||
| Kick |
Each row is one drum, each column one step. Large dots are accents, small dots normal hits, faint dots ghost notes.
Who plays what: notes per bar
| Cymbal hand | 8 |
|---|---|
| Snare hand | 2 |
| Kick foot | 4 |
| All three together | 2 |
Every kick lines up with a cymbal stroke, which makes this one of the easiest coordination patterns to start with.
About this groove
This song changes the basic rock beat with 8th notes: adds kick notes on 2 and 4, leaves out the kick on 3&, plays quarter notes on the cymbal instead of straight 8ths and opens the hi-hat.
At about 104 BPM it has a medium tempo: one beat lasts 577 ms and a 4/4 bar takes 2.3 seconds. Use the tempo buttons to slow it down while you learn.
Practice plan
How it differs from similar beats
Compared with “Eye of the Tiger” (Survivor, basic rock beat), this groove adds kick notes on 2 and 4, plays quarter notes on the cymbal instead of straight 8ths and opens the hi-hat — and it runs 5 BPM slower. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. Eye of the Tiger →
Other songs with the same rock beat with 8th notes
Similar drum beats
This is a simplified rhythm pattern in the style of “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2” by Pink Floyd, written for drum practice. It is not a transcription of the recording and contains no audio, lyrics or artwork. Drums3D is not affiliated with Pink Floyd.