Black Dance · Axel News

59 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 1:58 of playing, on ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
59
LENGTH
1:58
DIFFICULTY
34/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-9, 11-13 and 24-26, and 1 more place -- 24% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BLACK DANCE · BAR 7
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

59 bars across 9 sections: 39 keep time and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 7-14.

PART B
CHORUS
BREAK
CHORUS 2
PART F
PART H
PART F
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCFHS3BFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Black Dance?

120 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 Dance hard to play on drums?

34 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how often it moves around the kit 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?

59 bars, about 1:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 19 exercises over 5 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

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