ZZ Top drum tabs
16 charts, 66-162 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
- 16
- TEMPO
- 66-162 BPM
- BARS IN ALL
- 1,576
- WITH A COURSE
- 15 of 16
- USUAL KEY
- A minor
EVERY ZZ TOP CHART
- La Grange162 BPM · 154 BARS · INTERMEDIATE
- Sharp Dressed Man125 BPM · 132 BARS · BEGINNER
- Tush144 BPM · 80 BARS · INTERMEDIATE
- Gimme All Your Lovin'121 BPM · 119 BARS · INTERMEDIATE
- Blue Jean Blues (No Drum Kit)66 BPM · 52 BARS
- Cheap Sunglasses96 BPM · 114 BARS · BEGINNER
- Rough Boy79 BPM · 95 BARS
- Jesus Just Left Chicago120 BPM · 69 BARS · INTERMEDIATE
- Waitin' For The Bus100 BPM · 73 BARS · BEGINNER
- Just Got Paid100 BPM · 87 BARS
- Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers132 BPM · 106 BARS · BEGINNER
- Got Me Under Pressure159 BPM · 157 BARS · BEGINNER
- I Thank You111 BPM · 90 BARS
- Tv Dinners100 BPM · 95 BARS
- Pincushion90 BPM · 71 BARS
- A Fool for Your Stockings 2116 BPM · 82 BARS
LEARNING ZZ TOP ON DRUMS
16 ZZ Top drum parts are transcribed here, 1,576 bars of music in total, filed under blues rock, classic rock, rock and southern 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. 15 of these 16 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 "Blue Jean Blues (No Drum Kit)" at 66 BPM, the slowest of them, or "Blue Jean Blues (No Drum Kit)" at 52 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 ZZ Top drum tabs are there?
16 ZZ Top drum charts, each read from a real score and playable along to the record in the browser. 15 of them come with a practice course that breaks the part into exercises and takes each one up to tempo.
Are ZZ Top songs hard to play on drums?
Tempos here run from 66 to 162 BPM. The slowest is "Blue Jean Blues (No Drum Kit)" at 66 BPM, and the shortest is "Blue Jean Blues (No Drum Kit)" at 52 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 ZZ Top songs in?
Most often A minor, G major and C major. The catalogue files them under blues rock, classic rock, rock and southern rock.