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Chuck Berry drum tabs

3 charts, 132-168 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
3
TEMPO
132-168 BPM
BARS IN ALL
300
WITH A COURSE
2 of 3
USUAL KEY
Bb major
oldiesrockrock and rollblues

EVERY CHUCK BERRY CHART

LEARNING CHUCK BERRY ON DRUMS

3 Chuck Berry drum parts are transcribed here, 300 bars of music in total, filed under oldies, rock, rock and roll and blues. 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. 2 of these 3 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 "No Particular Place To Go" at 132 BPM, the slowest of them, or "No Particular Place To Go" at 86 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 Chuck Berry drum tabs are there?

3 Chuck Berry drum charts, each read from a real score and playable along to the record in the browser. 2 of them come with a practice course that breaks the part into exercises and takes each one up to tempo.

Are Chuck Berry songs hard to play on drums?

Tempos here run from 132 to 168 BPM. The slowest is "No Particular Place To Go" at 132 BPM, and the shortest is "No Particular Place To Go" at 86 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 Chuck Berry songs in?

Most often Bb major, C major and E minor. The catalogue files them under oldies, rock, rock and roll and blues.

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