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Read Sharp Dressed Man as drum notation
Sharp Dressed Man drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top is 125 BPM and runs 4:17: 134 bars and 1,535 notes played on the hi-hat, snare, kick, crash, tom 1, 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 5 fills, its longest section is the Solo II (1:09) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse I
- Bridge
- Verse II
- Solo I
- Re-Intro
- Band In
- Verse III
- Solo II
- Fade out
How to play Sharp Dressed Man on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Sharp Dressed Man come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Fade out at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 125 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Sharp Dressed Man drum cover.
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