A BLACK MOON (ai) · tigercub

116 bars of 4/4 at 148 BPM, about 3:08 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
148 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
116
LENGTH
3:08
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 37% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-31, 49 and 53-58, and 23 more places -- 37% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 148 BPM
A BLACK MOON (AI) · BAR 61
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 16, 32, 44, 59, 60, 76 and 3 more.

LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 148 BPM
BARS 59-60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 76 · LANDS ON BAR 77

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

116 bars across 13 sections: 47 keep time, 9 are fills, 39 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 25-31.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART B
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART P
PART S11
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesGBLCP+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A BLACK MOON (ai)?

148 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 A BLACK MOON (ai) hard to play on drums?

38 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 14 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

116 bars, about 3:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 7 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 A BLACK MOON (ai)?

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 16, 32, 44, 59, 60, 76 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 116 BARS ANALYSED
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