Frank Zappa drum tabs
12 charts, 84-138 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.
MOST PLAYED
- CHARTS
- 12
- TEMPO
- 84-138 BPM
- BARS IN ALL
- 1,761
- WITH A COURSE
- 11 of 12
- USUAL KEY
- A major
EVERY FRANK ZAPPA CHART
- Peaches En Regalia100 BPM · 90 BARS · BEGINNER
- Willie The Pimp84 BPM · 164 BARS
- Zomby Woof88 BPM · 114 BARS
- Montana90 BPM · 142 BARS
- Zoot Allures116 BPM · 90 BARS
- Inca Roads116 BPM · 155 BARS
- The Black Page 2120 BPM · 175 BARS
- Fembot In A Wet T-Shirt110 BPM · 82 BARS
- Catholic Girls110 BPM · 127 BARS
- Andy120 BPM · 176 BARS
- Nanook Suite138 BPM · 291 BARS
- Cheepnis100 BPM · 155 BARS
LEARNING FRANK ZAPPA ON DRUMS
12 Frank Zappa drum parts are transcribed here, 1,761 bars of music in total, filed under rock, progressive rock, zappa and classic 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. 11 of these 12 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 "Willie The Pimp" at 84 BPM, the slowest of them, or "Fembot In A Wet T-Shirt" at 82 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 Frank Zappa drum tabs are there?
12 Frank Zappa drum charts, each read from a real score and playable along to the record in the browser. 11 of them come with a practice course that breaks the part into exercises and takes each one up to tempo.
Are Frank Zappa songs hard to play on drums?
Tempos here run from 84 to 138 BPM. The slowest is "Willie The Pimp" at 84 BPM, and the shortest is "Fembot In A Wet T-Shirt" at 82 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 Frank Zappa songs in?
Most often A major, A minor and Ab minor. The catalogue files them under rock, progressive rock, zappa and classic rock.