Read Good Times Bad Times as drum notation
Good Times Bad Times drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Good Times Bad Times by Led Zeppelin is 95 BPM and runs 2:44: 65 bars and 1,626 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, ride, snare, crash, floor tom and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 2 fills, its longest section is the Outro (Verse) (0:31).
Song map
- Intro
- Verse
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Chorus
- Guitar Solo
- Chorus
- Outro (Verse)
- Fade Out
How to play Good Times Bad Times on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Good Times Bad Times come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 59 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 95 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Good Times Bad Times drum cover.
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