Oh Lord – Foxy Shazam drums: play-along

Read Oh Lord as drum notation

Oh Lord by Foxy Shazam as drum notation in DRUMY

Oh Lord drums: tempo, difficulty and parts

Oh Lord by Foxy Shazam is 130 BPM and runs 4:19: 141 bars and 907 notes played on the kick, crash, snare, floor tom, hi-hat and tom 2.

The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.

The first fill worth practising comes at 0:34, its longest section is the Outro (0:53) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.

Song map

0:20Intro 2
0:36Verse
0:51Pre-Chorus
1:07Chorus
1:39Verse
1:54Pre-Chorus
2:10Chorus
2:40Bridge
3:26Outro

Oh Lord drum beats and fills

The beats and fills worth practising in Oh Lord, found in DRUMY’s drum chart: the ones to learn first, not every one in the song. Each beat is listed where it first comes in, with how many bars of its section play it; a fill marked ×2 or more comes round again later, the same or nearly the same.

Beats

Intro 2 beat0:21bar 137 bars
Verse beat0:38bar 225 bars
Pre-Chorus beat0:56bar 322 bars
Verse beat1:41bar 565 bars
Pre-Chorus beat1:54bar 632 bars

Fills

Fill into Verse0:34bar 20×2
Fill into Pre-Chorus0:49bar 28
Fill into Verse1:37bar 54
Fill at bar 661:59bar 66
Fill at bar 702:06bar 70
Fill at bar 832:30bar 83
Fill at bar 882:40bar 88

Learn them in the Trainer

The Trainer teaches Oh Lord a part at a time, then the joins between the parts, every step starting at 70% of full speed.

How to play Oh Lord on drums

Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
Press play. The notes of Oh Lord 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 88 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 130 BPM.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Oh Lord drum cover.

Play Oh Lord on your kit

Oh Lord on drums: questions

How hard is Oh Lord on drums?

Oh Lord by Foxy Shazam is rated medium in the song library: 907 notes over 141 bars at 130 BPM. Start it at 0.5× or 0.75×, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What BPM is Oh Lord?

Oh Lord plays at about 130 BPM and runs 4:19.

Where are the drum fills in Oh Lord?

The fills worth practising in Oh Lord come at 0:34 (Fill into Verse, played twice), 0:49 (Fill into Pre-Chorus), 1:37 (Fill into Verse), 1:59 (Fill at bar 66), 2:06 (Fill at bar 70) and 2:30 (Fill at bar 83), with more after that. These are the ones DRUMY's drum chart picks out to learn first, not every fill in the song.

Can I play Oh Lord on drums without the drums in the song?

Play it along with the full recording, or turn the backing off and play to the click.

Can I learn Oh Lord step by step?

Yes. DRUMY's Trainer turns Oh Lord into a course: its beats, fills and joins one at a time. Each step starts at 70% of full speed, moves up after two times round at 90% or better, and slows to as low as 50% if it needs to. Learning the hands and the kick separately is an option.