Walk Like · Bangles

87 bars of 4/4 at a walking 102 BPM, 3:25 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
102 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
87
LENGTH
3:25
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 66% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-36, 39-50 and 55-70, and 1 more place -- 65.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 102 BPM
WALK LIKE · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

87 bars across 6 sections: 81 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 22-50.

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

Questions

What BPM is Walk Like?

102 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 Walk Like hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 73 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

87 bars, about 3:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 25 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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