The Pink Panther Theme · Henry Mancini

24 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 0:48 of playing, on ride, hi-hat and snare.

Jazz / Blues120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
24
LENGTH
0:48
DIFFICULTY
13/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 96% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-16 and 18-24 -- 95.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
THE PINK PANTHER THEME · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

24 bars: 24 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-24.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Pink Panther Theme?

120 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 Pink Panther Theme hard to play on drums?

13 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is how little of it repeats. The beat itself is 2 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

24 bars, about 0:48 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, hi-hat and snare. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 24 BARS ANALYSED
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