Black Black Heart (rock version) · David Usher

77 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 3:20 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
77
LENGTH
3:20
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 46% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-13, 16-17 and 20-33, and 5 more places -- 46.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BLACK BLACK HEART (ROCK VERSION) · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 14, 18, 34, 38, 46, 51 and 4 more.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

77 bars across 5 sections: 61 keep time, 10 are fills, 2 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 19-33.

CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
4 groovesBOGS4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Black Black Heart (rock version)?

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 Black Black Heart (rock version) hard to play on drums?

43 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?

77 bars, about 3:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 6 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 Black Black Heart (rock version)?

4 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 14, 18, 34, 38, 46, 51 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 77 BARS ANALYSED
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