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Drum beat in the style of “Treasure” — Bruno Mars

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Bruno Mars’ 2013 hit is a love letter to late-’70s disco: four on the floor, open hi-hats on the off-beats and a snare that snaps on 2 and 4.

Tempo
116 BPM
Time signature
4/4
Groove
disco beat
Genre
Disco
Difficulty
Easy
Loop
4 bars

About the recording

A studio production by the Smeezingtons, written as a homage to “P.Y.T.”-era Michael Jackson. Critics picked out two drum moments: the fill that closes each chorus and a clap-along breakdown.

Production
The Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine)
Album
Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
Length
2:58
Bars to play
≈ 86 (our loop × 22)

Sources: Wikipedia

Drum pattern

Main groove × 3
Open hi-hat
Hi-hat
Snare
Kick
Fill × 1
Open hi-hat
Hi-hat
Snare
Kick

Each row is one drum, each column one step. Large dots are accents, small dots normal hits, faint dots ghost notes.

What our loop simplifies

  • Our loop has one general fill instead of the record’s chorus-ending fill.
  • The clap-along breakdown is not in the loop: clap on 2 and 4 yourself or add a clap in the drum machine.

Who plays what: notes per bar

Cymbal hand8
Snare hand2
Kick foot4
All three together2

Every kick lines up with a cymbal stroke, which makes this one of the easiest coordination patterns to start with.

About this groove

At about 116 BPM it has a medium tempo: one beat lasts 517 ms and a 4/4 bar takes 2.1 seconds. Use the tempo buttons to slow it down while you learn.

Watch out: Coming out of the chorus fill: the groove restarts on the next “1”, so finish the fill in time and hit that downbeat with the kick, not a moment later.

Practice plan

BPM

Learn At 116 BPM, “Treasure” is faster than 43% of the 150 songs in our catalogue. See all song tempos →

101 130 BPM Treasure · 116
Tempo among our disco songs

Step-by-step breakdown of the disco beat →

How it differs from similar beats

Compared with “Highway to Hell” (AC/DC, basic rock beat), this groove adds kick notes on 2 and 4, plays quarter notes on the cymbal instead of straight 8ths and opens the hi-hat — and it runs at the same tempo. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. Highway to Hell →

Same pattern and tempo as “Get Lucky”, but not the same workout: Treasure runs about 86 bars, “Get Lucky” about 178. Get Lucky →

Other songs with the same disco beat

Similar drum beats

This is a simplified rhythm pattern in the style of “Treasure” by Bruno Mars, written for drum practice. It is not a transcription of the recording and contains no audio, lyrics or artwork. Drums3D is not affiliated with Bruno Mars.