Got to Give It Up
Marvin Gaye · 1977
A study in loose, party-atmosphere funk with a hi-hat-forward disco-era feel.
- Artist
- Marvin Gaye
- Year
- 1977
- Genre
- funk
- Drummer
- Bugsy Wilcox
- Tempo
- 108 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- party funk-disco groove
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
64bpm
Building
86bpm
Target
108bpm
The feel
A party funk-disco groove in 4/4 around 108 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •Funk lives in the hi-hat and the ghosted snare — tighten those before the backbeat.
- •Keep the quarter-note kick relentless and even — it's the engine.
How to learn it
Well-known tutorials exist for this one — use the links below, and play along from your own copy.
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Learn it
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