Drum beat in the style of “La Grange” — ZZ Top
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· Simplified drum grooves in the style of famous songs — not exact transcriptions.
ZZ Top’s 1973 boogie shuffle drives hard and fast. Keep the triplet feel steady at a high tempo.
- Tempo
- 162 BPM
- Time signature
- 12/8
- Groove
- shuffle
- Genre
- Blues & shuffle
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Loop
- 4 bars
Drum pattern
| Hi-hat | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snare | ||||||||||||
| Kick |
| 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 hand | 8 |
|---|---|
| Snare hand | 4 |
| Kick foot | 2 |
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 162 BPM it has a fast tempo: one beat lasts 370 ms and a 12/8 bar takes 1.5 seconds. Use the tempo buttons to slow it down while you learn.
Practice plan
How it differs from similar beats
Compared with “No Woman, No Cry” (Bob Marley & The Wailers, one drop reggae beat), this groove adds kick notes on 1, adds snare accents on 2, 2a, 4 and 4a and drops the snare on 3 — and it runs 84 BPM faster. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. No Woman, No Cry →
“Pride and Joy” (Stevie Ray Vaughan) uses exactly the same simplified pattern, 42 BPM slower — a good warm-up before this one. Pride and Joy →
Other songs with the same shuffle
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This is a simplified rhythm pattern in the style of “La Grange” by ZZ Top, written for drum practice. It is not a transcription of the recording and contains no audio, lyrics or artwork. Drums3D is not affiliated with ZZ Top.