Steely Dan drum tabs
17 charts, 74-138 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
- 17
- TEMPO
- 74-138 BPM
- BARS IN ALL
- 2,248
- WITH A COURSE
- 17 of 17
- USUAL KEY
- E minor
EVERY STEELY DAN CHART
- Reelin' In The Years138 BPM · 156 BARS · INTERMEDIATE
- Peg117 BPM · 116 BARS
- Josie116 BPM · 115 BARS
- Black Cow92 BPM · 126 BARS · BEGINNER
- Aja120 BPM · 230 BARS · INTERMEDIATE
- Deacon Blues116 BPM · 210 BARS
- Hey Nineteen118 BPM · 153 BARS
- FM110 BPM · 141 BARS
- Dirty Work74 BPM · 60 BARS
- Midnite Cruiser99 BPM · 99 BARS
- Pretzel Logic94 BPM · 108 BARS
- Home At Last - fix126 BPM · 177 BARS
- Chain Lightning98 BPM · 70 BARS
- Any Major Dude Will Tell You - fix80 BPM · 61 BARS
- Doctor Wu120 BPM · 119 BARS
- Do It Again :120 BPM · 184 BARS · BEGINNER
- Don't Take Me Alive120 BPM · 123 BARS
LEARNING STEELY DAN ON DRUMS
17 Steely Dan drum parts are transcribed here, 2,248 bars of music in total, filed under jazz rock, pop rock, classic rock and 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. 17 of these 17 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 "Dirty Work" at 74 BPM, the slowest of them, or "Dirty Work" at 60 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 Steely Dan drum tabs are there?
17 Steely Dan drum charts, each read from a real score and playable along to the record in the browser. 17 of them come with a practice course that breaks the part into exercises and takes each one up to tempo.
Are Steely Dan songs hard to play on drums?
Tempos here run from 74 to 138 BPM. The slowest is "Dirty Work" at 74 BPM, and the shortest is "Dirty Work" at 60 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 Steely Dan songs in?
Most often E minor, A major and A minor. The catalogue files them under jazz rock, pop rock, classic rock and rock.