PRIDE. · Kendrick Lamar

157 bars of 4/4 at 139 BPM, about 4:31 of playing, on ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Hip Hop / ReggaeFunk / Soul120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
139 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
157
LENGTH
4:31
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 60% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-44, 49-62 and 81-96, and 2 more places -- 60.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 139 BPM
PRIDE. · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

157 bars across 12 sections: 135 keep time and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 13-44.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART C
CHORUS 3
PART C
CHORUS 4
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesBCS1S10S5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is PRIDE.?

139 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 PRIDE. hard to play on drums?

40 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?

157 bars, about 4:31 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 3 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

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