Bust a Move (with bass) · Young MC

129 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:17 of playing, on hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

Hip Hop / ReggaeFunk / Soul120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
129
LENGTH
4:17
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 91% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 2-24, 26-32 and 34-40, and 8 more places -- 91.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BUST A MOVE (WITH BASS) · BARS 6-7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

129 bars across 2 sections: 128 keep time and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-129.

OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bust a Move (with bass)?

120 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 Bust a Move (with bass) hard to play on drums?

55 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 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

129 bars, about 4:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 5 sittings, about 19 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

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