The Girl From Ipanema (2008 Remastered) · Frank Sinatra

68 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 2:06 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Jazz / Blues120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
68
LENGTH
2:06
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 72% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 23-68 -- 71.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 130 BPM
THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA (2008 REMASTERED) · BAR 24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

68 bars across 3 sections: 62 keep time and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 22-68.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesDCS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Girl From Ipanema (2008 Remastered)?

130 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 Girl From Ipanema (2008 Remastered) hard to play on drums?

38 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how many notes a second it asks for the part that decides it. The beat itself is 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

68 bars, about 2:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 3 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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