Blackened Live '89 · Metallica

233 bars of 4/4 at 144 BPM, about 7:25 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
144 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
233
LENGTH
7:25
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 57, 61 and 79, and 21 more places -- 19.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 144 BPM
BLACKENED LIVE '89 · BAR 104
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 21, 29, 30, 54, 56, 60 and 33 more.

LOOP · 144 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22
LOOP · 144 BPM
BARS 29-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 144 BPM
BAR 54 · LANDS ON BAR 55 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 144 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

233 bars across 21 sections: 118 keep time, 39 are fills, 1 is a stop and 52 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 136-156.

COUNT-IN
PART H
PART H
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
BREAK 3
13 groovesLS21HS1F+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Blackened Live '89?

144 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Blackened Live '89 hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

233 bars, about 7:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 69 exercises over 21 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor 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 Blackened Live '89?

17 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 21, 29, 30, 54, 56, 60 and 33 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 233 BARS ANALYSED
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