John Bonham
Led Zeppelin · Behind-the-beat groove, triplet feel and a room-shaking single kick
The grooves John Bonham actually uses across their path, moves and song studies — each one opens the same exercise workout the rest of the app links to.
Half-Time Pocket Groove
Level 2Groove · 60–150 BPM
Half-time takes a groove that would normally have the snare on 2 and 4 and moves it so the snare lands only once every two beats-worth — on beat 3 — making everything feel twice as slow and heavy even at the same tempo.
Goal: A big, heavy half-time pocket
WorkoutShuffle Groove — Triplet Feel
Level 3Groove · 60–150 BPM
A shuffle swings every beat into a triplet feel — 'long-short' instead of straight 8ths. You play the first and last note of each triplet on the ride, skipping the middle one, which is what gives a shuffle its bounce.
Goal: A confident, bouncy shuffle you can hold for minutes
WorkoutKick Placement Drill
Level 2Groove · 55–140 BPM
Your hands play the exact same thing every bar. Only the kick moves. This builds the 'my foot goes where I want' skill that everything else depends on.
Goal: Tight, creative kick phrasing under a static groove
WorkoutSnare–Tom Combination Grooves
Level 3Groove · 55–130 BPM
Instead of every backbeat landing on the snare, some of them move to a tom, so the groove itself sounds like a mini fill without ever stopping the pocket.
Goal: Groove vocabulary that sounds composed, not just backbeat-backbeat
WorkoutLinear Groove Around the Kit
Level 3Groove · 55–130 BPM
'Linear' means only one limb sounds at a time — no kick and hi-hat together, ever. It forces your hands off the snare and onto the toms to fill the space.
Goal: Modern linear groove vocabulary you can drop into a fill
WorkoutTribal Tom Groove
Level 2Groove · 55–130 BPM
No hi-hat, no snare — the whole groove is played across the toms and kick, giving a big, tribal, floor-tom-driven sound often used to build tension before a chorus.
Goal: A driving, cymbal-free groove for builds and intros
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