{"id":26897,"date":"2021-01-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=26897"},"modified":"2022-08-20T09:42:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T16:42:07","slug":"5-iconic-neil-peart-licks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/5-iconic-neil-peart-licks\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Iconic Neil Peart Licks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a64-AoQTz7s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A lot has happened this year.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s more important than ever to remember our heroes. And Rush drummer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/neil-peart-genius\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neil Peart&#8217;s brilliant contributions to the drumming world<\/a> (and music) inspired generations of drummers to pick up sticks for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>So join us today &#8211; on the 1 year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/in-memory-of-neil-peart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anniversary of Neil&#8217;s passing<\/a> &#8211; and revisit five of his most iconic drum licks.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you don&#8217;t have a massive kit like Neil Peart, you can still learn his parts &#8211; you just might need to get creative with where you place the hits.<\/p>\n<p>Ash Pearson takes you through some of his favorite Neil Peart licks and shows you how to play each of them (notation included).<\/p>\n<h3><strong>1. &#8220;Tom Sawyer&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This is the break in the middle of the song, and it&#8217;s one of the most epic drum fills of all time. It&#8217;s fun to air drum, and it&#8217;s even more fun to play on an actual drum set!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155752\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1060\" height=\"992\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155752\/1.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155752\/1-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155752\/1-1024x958.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155752\/1-768x719.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2. &#8220;The Spirit Of Radio&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Be prepared for lots of syncopation in this one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155750\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1056\" height=\"581\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155750\/2.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155750\/2-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155750\/2-1024x563.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155750\/2-768x423.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1056px) 100vw, 1056px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>3. Neil Peart Signature Beat<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You can find this beat throughout Rush&#8217;s catalog, from &#8220;The Spirit Of Radio&#8221; to &#8220;La Villa Strangiato&#8221;. This fun, Afro-Cuban-inspired lick has become synonymous with Peart and has found its way into many other drummers&#8217; repertoire.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155748\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1047\" height=\"134\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155748\/3.jpg 1047w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155748\/3-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155748\/3-1024x131.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155748\/3-768x98.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1047px) 100vw, 1047px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>4. &#8220;By-Tor And The Snow Dog&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s so much epic tom stuff in this track (from Neil&#8217;s first record with the band). It mostly consists of single strokes and moving to the toms with the right hand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155746\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1057\" height=\"747\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155746\/4.jpg 1057w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155746\/4-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155746\/4-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155746\/4-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1057px) 100vw, 1057px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>5. &#8220;Natural Science&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Peart does a lot of variations on this groove section in 7\/8.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155744\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1067\" height=\"618\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155744\/5.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155744\/5-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155744\/5-1024x593.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01155744\/5-768x445.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What are your favorite Rush licks?<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ash Pearson teaches you how to play 5 of Neil Peart&#8217;s most epic licks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":26965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4017,4025,4019],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beats-and-fills","category-drum-beats","category-drummers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26897"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35556,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26897\/revisions\/35556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}