What Is Love · Haddaway

145 bars of 4/4 at 126 BPM, about 4:36 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

ElectronicFunk / Soul120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
126 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
145
LENGTH
4:36
DIFFICULTY
63/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 94% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-85 and 90-145 -- 94.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 126 BPM
WHAT IS LOVE · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

145 bars across 6 sections: 134 keep time and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 15-85.

CHORUS
OUTRO
5 groovesDS1BCS5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is What Is Love?

126 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 What Is Love hard to play on drums?

63 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the speed of the hand keeping time. The beat itself is 57 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

145 bars, about 4:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 3 sittings, about 23 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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