Led Zeppelin - Benjamin Waterson

“Ten Years Gone” Drum Transcription — John Bonham with Led Zeppelin

June 13, 2021

Some more classic rock today, with my interpretation of Led Zeppelin’s “Ten Years Gone.” The full song, nonetheless! It’s been a while since I’ve done one. Like “How Many More Times,” this was a Zeppelin song that escaped me for a few years after I first got into the band, and I never really gave…
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“Rock and Roll” Drum Transcription — John Bonham with Led Zeppelin

April 4, 2021

Another sleepy post this week. I don’t have much to add about this tune; I just wanted to get my interpretation down on paper, since (surprisingly) there aren’t many transcriptions of this solo out there. The first one I found is close, but the hertas are written as 16th-note sextuplets, which doesn’t feel right to me…
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Know Your Tempos — Led Zeppelin

January 24, 2021

If you’re like me and you’ve ever made the mistake of watching Whiplash, you probably sent your palm through your forehead at the bit where Fletcher points to a metronome marking and tells Andrew to “count me a 215” before he starts going on about “I am to understand that you cannot read tempo?!” He also calls Andrew…
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“How Many More Times” Drum Transcription — John Bonham with Led Zeppelin

December 27, 2020

Happy Holidays, everyone! This week, I decided to share something I started a long time ago, which I’ve recently polished up: fills and solos from “How Many More Times” off of Led Zeppelin’s debut album, with John Bonham on drums. I think it’s appropriate to close out my first year on the site with this…
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“Good Times Bad Times” Drum Transcription — John Bonham with Led Zeppelin

July 26, 2020

Drum transcription and sheet music for “Good Times Bad Times” by Led Zeppelin.
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