Barry White's Classic Break: "I'm Gonna Love You A Little Bit More"

So that was the break from Barry White's famous I'm Gonna Love You A Little Bit More. It's been widely used in a lot of hip hop tunes and funk songs, and it's an absolutely classic break.

Learning the Break

It's a very good one to learn how to play. Here's what we will do:

• Slow it Down: I'll slow it right down so you can check out what goes on.
• Listen and Repeat: Try and repeat it yourselves.
• Specific Notes: If there are any specific little bits worthy of note, I'll stop and point them out.

Key Elements to Note

1. Basic Groove:

   • The hi-hat remains constant.
   • There's a double kick at the end of the bar:
     • Kick on the last 4e and 4 of the bar.
     • Kick again on the one.

   This is the basic pattern. Each kick that's on the beat has a little pushed kick just before it.

2. Ghost Note:

   • There's a little ghost note in the second bar of the phrase just before the final snare.

3. Notable Fill:

   • One more thing worth pointing out is the fill right at the very beginning. Many people have sampled just that fill on its own as an intro to a tune.
   • It's a really nice one - all it is is:
     • Left, right, left on the snare.
     • High tom on the rook with the right.
     • Then that kick just before the one of the bar.

   This kick is a feature of the whole beat, contributing to the double kick feel.

Final Playthrough

I'll play the whole thing one more time and loop it a few times.

And that's basically it: Barry White, I'm Gonna Love You A Little Bit More.