Whole Lotta Love drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin is 90 BPM and runs 5:33: 126 bars and 1,727 notes played on the hi-hat, snare, kick, ride, crash, tom 2, 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 7 fills, its longest section is the Interlude (1:39) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Guitar Solo
- Verse 3
- Chorus
- Free Time
- Outro
How to play Whole Lotta Love on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Whole Lotta Love 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 104 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 90 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Whole Lotta Love drum cover.
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