Blackfield · Blackfield

88 bars of 4/4 at a walking 82 BPM, 4:18 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
82 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
88
LENGTH
4:18
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 54% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-37 and 44-64 -- 53.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 82 BPM
BLACKFIELD · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 39 and 68.

LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

88 bars across 7 sections: 71 keep time, 2 are fills, 2 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 18-37.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCBS1S6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Blackfield?

82 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 Blackfield hard to play on drums?

40 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 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

88 bars, about 4:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 3 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, snare, high tom, 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 Blackfield?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 39 and 68.

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