Funky Drummer (Bonus Beat Reprise) · James Brown

71 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 2:59 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Funk / Soul90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
71
LENGTH
2:59
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 99% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-18 and 20-71 -- 98.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 95 BPM
FUNKY DRUMMER (BONUS BEAT REPRISE) · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

71 bars: 71 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-71.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Funky Drummer (Bonus Beat Reprise)?

95 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 Funky Drummer (Bonus Beat Reprise) hard to play on drums?

85 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 74 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

71 bars, about 2:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 3 exercises over 2 sittings, about 19 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. 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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