“Ain't No Mountain High Enough”: drum beat
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· Simplified drum grooves in the style of famous songs — not exact transcriptions.
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s 1967 duet gallops along with the upbeat Motown groove. Keep the energy up and the snare even.
- Tempo
- 130 BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Groove
- Motown beat
- Genre
- Soul & Motown
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Loop
- 4 bars
Drum pattern
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| Snare | ||||||||||||||||
| Kick |
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| Snare | ||||||||||||||||
| Kick |
Each row is one drum, each column one step. Large dots are accents, small dots normal hits, faint dots ghost notes.
Who plays what: notes per bar
| Cymbal hand | 8 |
|---|---|
| Snare hand | 4 |
| Kick foot | 3 |
| Kick notes without a cymbal | 1 |
| All three together | 2 |
The tricky spot is the one kick note that fall between cymbal strokes — practice hand and foot on their own there before playing the whole groove.
About this groove
At about 130 BPM it has an up-tempo feel: one beat lasts 462 ms and a 4/4 bar takes 1.8 seconds. Use the tempo buttons to slow it down while you learn.
Practice plan
How it differs from similar beats
Compared with “Every Breath You Take” (The Police, straight pop beat), this groove adds kick notes on 2a and adds snare accents on 1 and 3 — and it runs 13 BPM faster. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. Every Breath You Take →
“(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” (The Rolling Stones) uses exactly the same simplified pattern, 6 BPM faster — a good next step once this one feels easy. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction →
Other songs with the same Motown beat
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones · Rock · 136 BPM
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye · Soul & Motown · 116 BPM
- Rehab Amy Winehouse · Soul & Motown · 144 BPM
- Respect Aretha Franklin · Soul & Motown · 115 BPM
- Valerie Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse · Soul & Motown · 106 BPM
- My Girl The Temptations · Soul & Motown · 104 BPM
Similar drum beats
This is a simplified rhythm pattern in the style of “Ain't No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, written for drum practice. It is not a transcription of the recording and contains no audio, lyrics or artwork. Drums3D is not affiliated with Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell.