{"id":41044,"date":"2023-01-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=41044"},"modified":"2023-01-20T11:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T19:02:21","slug":"whitesnakes-here-i-go-again-drum-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/whitesnakes-here-i-go-again-drum-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitesnake&#8217;s Drummer Breaks Down &#8220;Here I Go Again&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nLQsR66kw-4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Ozzy Osbourne, Yngwie Malmsteen, Ted Nugent, Gary Moore and Thin Lizzy could tell you what it was like working with larger-than-life drummer Tommy Aldridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But David Coverdale &#8211; Whitesnake&#8217;s recently retired frontman &#8211; has spent the most time with Aldridge, who has drummed for Whitesnake since 2013 and was a band member from 2003-2007 and 1987-1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a great and well-loved drummer,&#8221; Coverdale said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-5g6LHyzRuU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">in a 2013 interview<\/a>, when Aldridge rejoined Whitesnake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wild-haired character is now 72 years old and playing better than ever. In this video, he breaks down Whitesnake&#8217;s banger &#8220;Here I Go Again&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A few different drummers have tackled this tune,&#8221; he says. The simple but fun tune has a &#8220;fat, wide, sassy groove that stays out of the way of the music. It&#8217;s a blast, believe me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"blue-text-block\"><center><p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know that you can learn this song note for note using Drumeo?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The members area has sheet music, drumless tracks, and practice tools to slow down\/loop &#8220;Here I Go Again&#8221; and 5000+ other songs.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"join blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/\">Start My Free Drumeo Trial<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/center><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The verse consists of a straight forward 8th note groove:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092107\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-01-1024x278.jpg\" alt=\"whitesnake here I go again drum notation verse\" class=\"wp-image-41211\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092107\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-01-1024x278.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092107\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-01-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092107\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-01-768x208.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092107\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-01.jpg 1531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The drums in this ballad support the rest of the music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And once the chorus hits, the snare reverses so it falls on the 1 and 3 instead of the 2 and 4:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092059\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-02b-no-exer-letter-1024x419.jpg\" alt=\"whitesnake here I go again drum notation chorus\" class=\"wp-image-41207\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092059\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-02b-no-exer-letter-1024x419.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092059\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-02b-no-exer-letter-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092059\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-02b-no-exer-letter-768x314.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092059\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-02b-no-exer-letter.jpg 1534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The snare and bass drum reverse in the chorus of &#8220;Here I Go Again&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t think Tommy would let the bridge be neglected, do you? It&#8217;s a much &#8216;drummier&#8217; section:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092050\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-03-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"whitesnake here I go again drum notation bridge\" class=\"wp-image-41203\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092050\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-03-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092050\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-03-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092050\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-03-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18092050\/qt-the-iconic-drumming-behind-here-i-go-again-03.jpg 1534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tommy Aldridge&#8217;s drumming in the bridge of &#8220;Here I Go Again&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While you might expect Whitesnake to save their biggest song for the end of their set, they didn&#8217;t:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[&#8220;Here I Go Again&#8221;] always got the biggest response, but we always finished with &#8220;Still Of The Night&#8221;, which was for all the black death ninja dudes that wanted to hear something heavy. You&#8217;d think &#8220;Still Of The Night&#8221; was the biggest song, but &#8220;Here I Go Again&#8221; was definitely David Coverdale&#8217;s calling card.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Whitesnake - Here I Go Again &#039;87 (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WyF8RHM1OCg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Whitesnake&#8217;s iconic 1987 video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think? Are you learning &#8220;Here I Go Again&#8221; by Whitesnake? To get the full transcription, a drumless version and game-changing practice tools, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>start your free Drumeo trial now<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to play &#8220;Here I Go Again&#8221; by Whitesnake with this drum tutorial by Whitesnake&#8217;s drummer, Tommy Aldridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":41090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4016,4021,4022],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-songs","category-performances-and-playalongs","category-tutorials-and-transcriptions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41044","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\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41044"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41367,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41044\/revisions\/41367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}