How To Play The Drum Beat From "Ballroom Blitz" by The Sweet

Been asked about this one quite a lot! Classic little example of the “train beat” (https://youtu.be/IpCvLCQlQfE) with a couple of variations added.

Some videos about developing your ability to play accents in your single stroke roll, essential skill to make this sound authentic:

Accents on the beat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcQsytDUnBs
Shifting accents - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1eyi1RLqVM

And video discussing the “I’m struggling with...” concept and the 2 ways to build up coordinated grooves (which I touch on in this video ) is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-WX0F0STTY

Transcription of this drum beat is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IR5uLcJX9sqPbfgCJdUW9pR82htbAGQn/view?usp=sharing

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