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What makes Bonham's drumming sound so heavy?


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7 hours ago, Nicd said:

I saw an interview with Jason Bonham, he said that his dad didn't hit hard, at least not as hard as you might think, but used a technique to add emphasis. Do you know what that might be? I'm not a drummer so it could be a really basic thing I just don't know.

If you watch the Danish TV special during Dazed, you'll notice Bonham doing some "accented" beats and triplets, in which he exaggerates the emphasis on certain hits. And it's true he's not actually hitting the drums harder, he's just accenting those beats to increase the heaviness of the song.

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