DRUMY
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' by Michael Jackson is 122 BPM and runs 6:04: 185 bars and 3,346 notes played on the crash, snare, floor tom, hi-hat and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Easy — a good first song: steady, and forgiving while you find the groove.
It has 2 fills, its longest section is the breakdown 5:08 (0:31).
Song map
- intro 0:00
- 1 chorus 0:25
- 1 verse 0:48
- 2 chorus 1:04
- 2 verse 1:28
- 3 chorus 1:44
- bridge 2:07
- cuica solo 2:23
- 3 verse 2:31
- 4 chorus 2:46
- bridge 3:10
- guitar solo 3:26
- bridge 3:42
- 4 verse 3:49
- 5 chorus 4:05
- chorus continued 4:29
- mama se mama sa... 4:44
- breakdown 5:08
- 6 chorus 5:39
- fade out 5:47
How to play Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into 6 chorus 5:39 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 122 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' drum cover.
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