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Read When The Levee Breaks as drum notation
When The Levee Breaks drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
When The Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin is 71 BPM and runs 7:23: 131 bars and 1,851 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, crash, floor tom and tom 1.
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 Bridge (1:45).
Song map
- Intro
- [B]
- 1st Verse
- [D]
- Bridge
- 2nd Verse
- 2nd Bridge
- Outro
- Free time
How to play When The Levee Breaks on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of When The Levee Breaks 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 114 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 71 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your When The Levee Breaks drum cover.
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