Gangsta's Paradise · Coolio

76 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 3:48 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Hip Hop / ReggaeUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
3:48
DIFFICULTY
35/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 91% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-36, 38 and 41-76 -- 90.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 80 BPM
GANGSTA'S PARADISE · 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 Gangsta's Paradise?

80 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 Gangsta's Paradise hard to play on drums?

35 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

76 bars, about 3:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 2 sittings, about 28 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.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 76 BARS ANALYSED
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