That's What I Like;) · Bruno Mars

113 bars of 4/4 at 134 BPM, about 3:22 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
134 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
113
LENGTH
3:22
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 41% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1, 3 and 5, and 40 more places -- 41% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 134 BPM
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE;) · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 98.

LOOP · 134 BPM
BAR 98 · LANDS ON BAR 99
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

113 bars across 11 sections: 93 keep time, 1 is a fill, 1 is a stop and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-25.

PART C
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
6 groovesACES3S7+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is That's What I Like;)?

134 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 That's What I Like;) hard to play on drums?

53 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 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

113 bars, about 3:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 5 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in That's What I Like;)?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 98.

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