Back in Black · AC-DC

99 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 4:16 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
99
LENGTH
4:16
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 50% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-5, 7-13 and 15-17, and 14 more places -- 49.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BACK IN BLACK · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 1, 2, 6, 14, 18, 30 and 7 more.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 59 · LANDS ON BAR 60
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

99 bars across 6 sections: 74 keep time, 13 are fills and 7 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 43-57.

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

Questions

What BPM is Back in Black?

92 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?

99 bars, about 4:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 7 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid 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?

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 1, 2, 6, 14, 18, 30 and 7 more.

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