Black · Sevendust

37 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 1:22 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
37
LENGTH
1:22
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 15-16, 19-20 and 23-24, and 1 more place -- 23.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BLACK · BARS 15-16
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 4, 18, 22 and 30.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

37 bars across 5 sections: 25 keep time, 4 are fills and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-12.

COUNT-IN
PART C
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesECDFS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Black?

108 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 hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 72 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

37 bars, about 1:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 6 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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?

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 4, 18, 22 and 30.

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