Back In Black · AC/DC

100 bars of 4/4 at a walking 94 BPM, 4:15 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
100
LENGTH
4:15
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 56% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-25, 35-41 and 43-57, and 4 more places -- 56% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BACK IN BLACK · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 1, 2, 58, 59, 65, 68 and 3 more.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 94 BPM
BARS 58-59 · LANDS ON BAR 60 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

100 bars across 6 sections: 78 keep time, 9 are fills and 6 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 3-17.

PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesDBKFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Back In Black?

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 Back In Black hard to play on drums?

44 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 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

100 bars, about 4:15 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 6 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, 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 Back In Black?

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 1, 2, 58, 59, 65, 68 and 3 more.

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