Steering Wheel Rhythms (Continued)
Six More Songs to Play on Your Steering Wheel!
In the past, I’ve written out some basic rhythms for songs with interesting riffs or patterns. Today I’m unloading six more! The songs in this post include Bugz by Pete Peterson, I Am Colossus by Meshuggah, two sections of Dance Yourself Clean by LDC Sound System, Deliverance by Opeth, and Alien Hip Hop by Planet X. Have fun hammering out these rhythms on everyone’s favorite percussive instrument: The steering wheel! Maybe just don’t do it while you’re driving!
This is one of my all-time favorite drum tracks! Travis Orbin throws down some of the best ambidextrous drumming I’ve ever seen and makes this music magical! This notation is from the middle section that repeats a very long syncopated pattern in such a cool way. I love the guitar chord changes and short to long tones halfway through!
This is a track that my friend wanted to know the rhythm notation for, so I’m including it here for everyone who wants it. Meshuggah is known for their creative rhythms and I even featured another one of their tracks on a previous Steering Wheel Rhythms post (Gods of Rapture)!
This song is so fun I had to include it here twice! The interlude pieces with the synth were just begging for me to write out the rhythms. To my surprise they’re slightly different each time, so here’s the first one and below you can find another!
This is the second interlude section from this song because it’s so fun! I also included some of the connective bass synth tones under the staff that can either be used for reference or you can just play them all together. Enjoy!
This has got to be my favorite song outro of all time! Opeth is known for this style outro and Deliverance is the best of the best. After such a long song it culminates in such a fantastic way with rhythms that start off the beat and push well over the barline (even including an awesome ostinato too). Hell yeah!
This version is the Planet X recording of Virgil Donati’s original piece on the Serious Young Insects album. I love the way these rhythms are put together by all the instrumentalists and Virgil on drums glueing both parts together at the end. How he does this I have no idea, he is the most technical drummer I’ve ever seen and for that he’s my all-time favorite!
Keep a look out for more Steering Wheel Rhythms in the future! If you’d like to make a request please feel free to use the contact link at the top of the page. I love writing out rhythms, and I think it’s fun that you don’t need to know any pitches to play these cool parts on your steering wheel. Thanks for checking out all six of these great rhythmic creations!
