Drum beat in the style of “Crazy Train” — Ozzy Osbourne

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Ozzy Osbourne’s 1980 metal anthem, with Lee Kerslake on drums, gallops on a driving 8th-note beat under Randy Rhoads’ famous riff.

Tempo
138 BPM
Time signature
4/4
Groove
driving rock beat
Genre
Metal
Difficulty
Easy
Loop
4 bars

Drum pattern

Main groove × 3
Hi-hat
Snare
Kick
Fill × 1
Hi-hat
High tom
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 hand8
Snare hand2
Kick foot4

Every kick lines up with a cymbal stroke, which makes this one of the easiest coordination patterns to start with.

About this groove

At about 138 BPM it has an up-tempo feel: one beat lasts 435 ms and a 4/4 bar takes 1.7 seconds. Use the tempo buttons to slow it down while you learn.

Practice plan

BPM

Learn At 138 BPM, “Crazy Train” is faster than 78% of the 150 songs in our catalogue. See all song tempos →

76 212 BPM Crazy Train · 138
Tempo among our metal songs

Step-by-step breakdown of the driving rock beat →

How it differs from similar beats

Compared with “Beat It” (Michael Jackson, rock beat with 8th notes), this groove adds kick notes on 1& — and it runs 1 BPM slower. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. Beat It →

“Tage wie diese” (Die Toten Hosen) uses exactly the same simplified pattern, 2 BPM faster — a good next step once this one feels easy. Tage wie diese →

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This is a simplified rhythm pattern in the style of “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne, written for drum practice. It is not a transcription of the recording and contains no audio, lyrics or artwork. Drums3D is not affiliated with Ozzy Osbourne.