Earth Song · Michael Jackson -

140 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 4:03 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ElectronicFunk / Soul120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
4:03
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 72% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-12, 14-16 and 18-19, and 23 more places -- 72.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 138 BPM
EARTH SONG · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 5, 29, 53, 61, 77, 93 and 2 more.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 77 · LANDS ON BAR 78

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 5 sections: 83 keep time, 8 are fills, 39 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 23-28.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCES1S2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Earth Song?

138 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 Earth Song hard to play on drums?

39 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 15 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 4:03 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 5 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Earth Song?

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 5, 29, 53, 61, 77, 93 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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