Black Sheep (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) · Metric

103 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:25 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
103
LENGTH
3:25
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 36-42, 55 and 71-77, and 1 more place -- 23.7% 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 SHEEP (SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD) · BAR 36
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 34, 50 and 94.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 94 · LANDS ON BAR 95
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

103 bars across 12 sections: 65 keep time, 3 are fills, 12 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 72-85.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART D
VERSE
PART I
CHORUS 2
VERSE 2
OUTRO 2
9 groovesCFDS1I+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Black Sheep (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World)?

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 Sheep (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) hard to play on drums?

45 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

103 bars, about 3:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 10 sittings, about 23 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 Black Sheep (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World)?

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 34, 50 and 94.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 103 BARS ANALYSED
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