East Jesus Nowhere · Green Day

156 bars of 4/4 at 142 BPM, about 4:24 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

PunkAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
142 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
156
LENGTH
4:24
DIFFICULTY
62/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33, 35 and 37, and 6 more places -- 21.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 142 BPM
EAST JESUS NOWHERE · BAR 42
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 16, 40, 56, 80, 103, 104 and 1 more.

LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 142 BPM
BARS 103-104 · LANDS ON BAR 105 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

156 bars across 11 sections: 100 keep time, 7 are fills, 20 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 113-135.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART H
PART F
CHORUS 3
PART A
PART F
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesCFHS10A+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is East Jesus Nowhere?

142 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 East Jesus Nowhere hard to play on drums?

62 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 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

156 bars, about 4:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 9 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor 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 East Jesus Nowhere?

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 16, 40, 56, 80, 103, 104 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 156 BARS ANALYSED
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