DRUMY
Kashmir drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Kashmir by Led Zeppelin is 80 BPM and runs 8:35: 198 bars and 2,501 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, crash, tom 2 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Easy — a good first song: steady, and forgiving while you find the groove.
It has 6 fills, its longest section is the Strings Reprise (1:10) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse
- Riff
- Verse
- Riff
- Bridge
- Riff
- Strings
- Post-Strings
- Verse
- Riff
- Verse
- Riff
- Riff Reprise
- Strings Reprise
- Outro (Fade Out)
How to play Kashmir on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Kashmir come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Verse at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 80 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Kashmir drum cover.
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