Press Play for a country drum beat at 110 BPM. It starts with Ray Price Shuffle, and you can switch to Train Beat, 50s Rock and Roll, Bo Diddley Beat and Country Two-Step. One beat lasts 545 ms.
Playing over a country drum beat at 110 BPM
110 BPM is at the slow end for country. Slow tempos show every timing slip, so it is the best place to learn a new part: play it until it feels boring, then move up.
What plays at 110 BPM
Ray Price Shuffle is written at 112 BPM, so 110 BPM is its home tempo. In 4/4 at this tempo a quarter note lasts 545 ms, an eighth note 273 ms and a sixteenth 136 ms, which is the spacing of the hi-hat you hear. Switch to Train Beat, 50s Rock and Roll, Bo Diddley Beat and Country Two-Step on the page and the tempo stays at 110 BPM.
How long is a phrase at 110 BPM?
Knowing how long a phrase lasts helps you plan a song, a solo or a recording take. The drums play a fill at the end of every four or eight bars, so these are the lengths you will hear.
Phrase lengths at 110 BPM
Length
Time
One bar of 4/4
2.2 seconds
Four-bar phrase
8.7 seconds
Eight-bar section
17 seconds
Three-minute song
about 83 bars
How a country drum beat works
The train beat is played on the snare in steady sixteenth notes, with accents on beats two and four and the kick on one and three. It pushes forward like a moving train, so your part has to keep up without rushing.
How to play along
Guitarists: alternate bass notes and chord strums ("boom-chick") with the kick and snare accents. Bassists: play root-fifth on beats one and three. At faster tempos, relax your strumming hand and use smaller movements.