8 · Jackson Burka

114 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 3:27 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
114
LENGTH
3:27
DIFFICULTY
84/100
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 1, 2, 4, 22, 23, 24 and 35 more.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

123 bars across 17 sections: 52 keep time, 41 are fills, 7 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 110-118.

CHORUS
PART J
PART U
PART X
PART AK
PART AU
OUTRO 2
13 groovesGAKXOAU+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 8?

122 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is 8 hard to play on drums?

84 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

114 bars, about 3:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 60 exercises over 20 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in 8?

14 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 1, 2, 4, 22, 23, 24 and 35 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 114 BARS ANALYSED
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