Drum beat in the style of “Iron Man” — Black Sabbath
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· Simplified drum grooves in the style of famous songs — not exact transcriptions.
Black Sabbath’s 1970 song crawls along in half-time: the snare lands only on beat 3, making every hit feel huge.
- Tempo
- 76 BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Groove
- half-time groove
- Genre
- Metal
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Loop
- 4 bars
Drum pattern
| Hi-hat | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snare | ||||||||||||||||
| Kick |
| Hi-hat | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 |
| Kick foot | 3 |
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 76 BPM it has a slow tempo: one beat lasts 789 ms and a 4/4 bar takes 3.2 seconds. Use the tempo buttons to slow it down while you learn.
Practice plan
How it differs from similar beats
Compared with “Wind of Change” (Scorpions, rock ballad beat), this groove adds kick notes on 2&, leaves out the kick on 3, adds snare accents on 3 and drops the snare on 2 and 4 — and it runs at the same tempo. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. Wind of Change →
“Sonne” (Rammstein) uses exactly the same simplified pattern, 8 BPM faster — a good next step once this one feels easy. Sonne →
Other songs with the same half-time groove
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This is a simplified rhythm pattern in the style of “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath, written for drum practice. It is not a transcription of the recording and contains no audio, lyrics or artwork. Drums3D is not affiliated with Black Sabbath.