Happy · Pharrell

77 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 3:51 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Funk / SoulPopUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
77
LENGTH
3:51
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 62% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-17, 26-33 and 42-57, and 1 more place -- 62.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 80 BPM
HAPPY · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

77 bars across 8 sections: 70 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 43-57.

PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART D
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesCBDFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Happy?

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 Happy hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

77 bars, about 3:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 4 sittings, about 26 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 · 77 BARS ANALYSED
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