Play That Funky Music · Wild Cherry

136 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 4:57 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Funk / SoulPop90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
136
LENGTH
4:57
DIFFICULTY
56/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7, 9-11 and 13-15, and 32 more places -- 48.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 110 BPM
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 4, 28, 35, 36, 40, 60 and 9 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 35-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

136 bars across 9 sections: 109 keep time, 15 are fills and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 73-95.

CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART F
CHORUS 3
PART L
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCLFES1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Play That Funky Music?

110 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 Play That Funky Music hard to play on drums?

56 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 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

136 bars, about 4:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 25 exercises over 8 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Play That Funky Music?

5 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 4, 28, 35, 36, 40, 60 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 136 BARS ANALYSED
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