Led Zeppelin · 1970 · drums by John Bonham
Immigrant Song
From Led Zeppelin III. Intermediate · Straight · rock
Tempo
112BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 90–120
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 82 and climbs to 112 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click. "Play the groove" opens the beat itself in the Groove Lab, as closely as a sixteenth grid can hold it.
What the drums do
A galloping riff with the kick matching the guitar's rhythm and the snare cracking under the wail. Short, hard, and with a kick pattern that needs to be exact.
Intermediate: Needs independence, a feel, or fills you have to learn.
John Bonham
- John Bonham's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1970 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More John Bonham songs
Songs at about 112 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.
- Dr. Feelgood111
- The Seed (2.0)111
- Bleed115
- Vicarious115