Brass Monkey · Beastie Boys

76 bars of 4/4 at 118 BPM, about 2:35 of playing, on snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

Hip Hop / ReggaeAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
118 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
2:35
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 72% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7, 9-11 and 13-19, and 14 more places -- 72.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 118 BPM
BRASS MONKEY · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

76 bars across 2 sections: 75 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-76.

OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesBAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Brass Monkey?

118 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 Brass Monkey hard to play on drums?

38 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how much of it falls off the beat the part that decides it. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

76 bars, about 2:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 6 exercises over 2 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

snare, kick and hi-hat foot. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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