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More Bounce to the Ounce

Zapp · 1980

A model for the hypnotic, minimal groove that underpins talk-box P-funk.

Artist
Zapp
Year
1980
Genre
funk
Drummer
Lester Troutman
Tempo
108 bpm
Time
4/4
Feel
P-funk groove
Difficulty
intermediate

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Practice tempos

Woodshed
64bpm
Building
86bpm
Target
108bpm

The feel

A P-funk 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.

How to learn it

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