Back to Black (Accurate Version) · Amy Winehouse

119 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 3:48 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Funk / SoulJazz / Blues120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
119
LENGTH
3:48
DIFFICULTY
24/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 66% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-31, 49-65 and 67, and 10 more places -- 66.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BACK TO BLACK (ACCURATE VERSION) · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

119 bars across 5 sections: 114 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 84-119.

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

Questions

What BPM is Back to Black (Accurate Version)?

125 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 to Black (Accurate Version) hard to play on drums?

24 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 7 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

119 bars, about 3:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 3 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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