ABC (Bass) · Jackson 5

68 bars of 4/4 at a walking 94 BPM, 2:54 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
68
LENGTH
2:54
DIFFICULTY
56/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3, 14 and 44-47, and 4 more places -- 19.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 94 BPM
ABC (BASS) · BAR 44
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 38 and 41.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

68 bars across 7 sections: 55 keep time and 2 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-58.

CHORUS
PART G
VERSE
PART G
PART L
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCGLMBFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is ABC (Bass)?

94 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 ABC (Bass) hard to play on drums?

56 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

68 bars, about 2:54 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 9 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in ABC (Bass)?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 38 and 41.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 68 BARS ANALYSED
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