Boogie Oogie Oogie · A Taste Of Honey

164 bars of 4/4 at 124 BPM, about 5:17 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Funk / Soul120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
124 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
164
LENGTH
5:17
DIFFICULTY
63/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 75% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-31, 33-48 and 53-84, and 2 more places -- 75% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 124 BPM
BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 32, 52, 88, 144 and 152.

LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

164 bars across 8 sections: 152 keep time and 5 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 90-136.

PART A
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBDAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Boogie Oogie Oogie?

124 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Boogie Oogie Oogie hard to play on drums?

63 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 47 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

164 bars, about 5:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 4 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Boogie Oogie Oogie?

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 32, 52, 88, 144 and 152.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 164 BARS ANALYSED
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