Classic groove · John Bonham · Led Zeppelin, 1979
Fool in the Rain
130 BPM · one bar · sixteenth-note triplets, six steps to the beat · simplified for the grid
24 steps · a brighter cell is an accent · the darker columns mark the beats (6 steps each). Rows used: Hi-hat, Snare, Kick.
What the drums do
Bonham's half-time shuffle in twelve-eight: the hat plays the first and third of every eighth-note triplet, the backbeat sits on three, ghost notes fill the triplets around it, and the kick lands on one and the "let" of two. The triplet grid holds the shuffle exactly; the samba break in the middle of the song is not here.
John Bonham
- John Bonham's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware this was played on, era by era.
- Fool in the Rain at 130 BPM →The song page: the tempo, the metronome at that tempo, and the drum part.
How to use it
- Open it in the lab and press play. Listen for the beats the note points at before you look at the grid.
- Tap ½ speed and play along on a pad or the kit until the placement is yours, then let it back up to 130.
- Change one thing. Move a kick, drop a ghost note, add an open hat. The groove is a starting point, and the lab saves what you make of it.