DRUMY
Read Dancing Days as drum notation
Dancing Days drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Dancing Days by Led Zeppelin is 116 BPM and runs 3:46: 109 bars and 1,373 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, crash, tom 1 and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Easy — a good first song: steady, and forgiving while you find the groove.
It has 2 fills, its longest section is the Chorus 4 (0:24) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Chorus 1
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus 1
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus 2
- Chorus 2
- Verse 3
- Pre-Chorus 3
- Verse 4
- Pre-Chorus 4
- Chorus 3
- Solo
- Chorus 4
- Ending
How to play Dancing Days on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Dancing Days come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Chorus 4 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 116 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Dancing Days drum cover.
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