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Play drums likePhil Rudd

Australian drummer (born 1954)

The songs with Phil Rudd on drums, to play on your own kit: Back In Black, Highway To Hell and Hells Bells and more. The notes come down in time with each recording, and every hit is judged — so you find out how close you get to the real part.

Start with Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution

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Phil Rudd playing drums
Photo: Harry (Howard) Potts, CC BY 2.0

Songs with Phil Rudd on drums

Back In Black by AC/DCBack In BlackAC/DCHighway To Hell by AC/DCHighway To HellAC/DCHells Bells by AC/DCHells BellsAC/DCYou Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DCYou Shook Me All Night LongAC/DCTNT by AC/DCTNTAC/DCShoot To Thrill by AC/DCShoot To ThrillAC/DCDirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DCDirty Deeds Done Dirt CheapAC/DCWhole Lotta Rosie by AC/DCWhole Lotta RosieAC/DCRock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution by AC/DCRock And Roll Ain't Noise PollutionAC/DCThe Jack by AC/DCThe JackAC/DCMore AC/DC songsSearch the whole library in the app

How to play drums like Phil Rudd

  1. Start with Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution — the easiest of their parts here (easy), at 95 BPM. Take it at 0.75× until the groove sits.
  2. Learn it part by part. The Trainer splits a song into its beats and fills, hands first and then the kick, from 70% up to full speed.
  3. Work up to Whole Lotta Rosie: 2,164 notes in 5:22. Switch on the Easy level to take its hardest notes out, then switch it off.
  4. Check every hit — on time, early or late — and watch your score climb run by run.

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Playing Phil Rudd's drum parts: questions

What songs does Phil Rudd play drums on?

On DRUMY you can play along to the songs with Phil Rudd on drums: Back In Black (AC/DC), Highway To Hell (AC/DC), Hells Bells (AC/DC), You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC), TNT (AC/DC) and Shoot To Thrill (AC/DC) and more.

What is the easiest Phil Rudd song to play on drums?

Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution by AC/DC — rated easy, at 95 BPM. Play it at 0.75× first, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What is Phil Rudd's hardest drum part here?

Whole Lotta Rosie: 2,164 notes in 5:22, rated medium. The fastest is Whole Lotta Rosie at 158 BPM.

How do I learn to play drums like Phil Rudd?

Pick one of their songs and open the Trainer: it teaches the song part by part — the beats, the fills, then the joins — hands first and then the kick, from 70% speed up to full speed, on your own electronic kit.

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