The Boy Is Mine · Brandy & Monica

89 bars of 4/4 at a walking 93 BPM, 3:50 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Funk / SoulHip Hop / Reggae90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
93 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
89
LENGTH
3:50
DIFFICULTY
37/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 74% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-15, 18 and 22-23, and 6 more places -- 74.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 93 BPM
THE BOY IS MINE · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

89 bars across 4 sections: 82 keep time and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 34-89.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBES1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Boy Is Mine?

93 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 The Boy Is Mine hard to play on drums?

37 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 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

89 bars, about 3:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 4 sittings, about 22 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.

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