Chicago drum tabs
4 charts, 108-148 BPM. Each one is read from a real score: play it along to the record, slow it down, or take the practice course under it.
- CHARTS
- 4
- TEMPO
- 108-148 BPM
- BARS IN ALL
- 636
- WITH A COURSE
- 3 of 4
- USUAL KEY
- A minor
EVERY CHICAGO CHART
LEARNING CHICAGO ON DRUMS
4 Chicago drum parts are transcribed here, 636 bars of music in total, filed under classic rock, rock, 70s and jazz rock. Every one of them is a chart read from a real score rather than a tab somebody typed out: the notes are where the score put them, the tempo is the record’s own, and the page plays the recording underneath while you read.
Nothing here asks you to play it at full speed on the first pass. Take any chart down to half tempo, loop the four bars that will not come clean, and bring it back up. 3 of these 4 songs also have a practice course under them: the part broken into the few things actually different about it, one at a time, ending with you playing the whole song against the record.
A good place to start is "Beginnings" at 108 BPM, the slowest of them, or "Saturday In The Park" at 107 bars, the shortest. Sheet music, tab, MIDI and MusicXML download from every chart if you would rather read it away from the screen.
QUESTIONS
How many Chicago drum tabs are there?
4 Chicago drum charts, each read from a real score and playable along to the record in the browser. 3 of them come with a practice course that breaks the part into exercises and takes each one up to tempo.
Are Chicago songs hard to play on drums?
Tempos here run from 108 to 148 BPM. The slowest is "Beginnings" at 108 BPM, and the shortest is "Saturday In The Park" at 107 bars, which makes either a reasonable place to start. Every chart also has a simplified version with the hi-hat pulled back and the fills written as eighths on the snare.
What key are most Chicago songs in?
Most often A minor, C major and E minor. The catalogue files them under classic rock, rock, 70s and jazz rock.