Waka Waka · Shakira

56 bars of 4/4 at 127 BPM, about 1:46 of playing, on snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

Pop120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
127 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
56
LENGTH
1:46
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 50% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-15, 17-19 and 21-28, and 3 more places -- 50% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 127 BPM
WAKA WAKA · BAR 13
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

56 bars across 6 sections: 51 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-19.

PART A
CHORUS
PART C
PART A
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBCAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Waka Waka?

127 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 Waka Waka hard to play on drums?

44 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how much of it falls off the beat the part that decides it. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

56 bars, about 1:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 3 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

snare, kick and hi-hat foot. 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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