Hells Bells · AC/DC

124 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 4:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
124
LENGTH
4:36
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 22, 25 and 27-33, and 8 more places -- 23.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 108 BPM
HELLS BELLS · BAR 22
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 13, 65, 69, 89, 95, 97 and 6 more.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 89 · LANDS ON BAR 90
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 95 · LANDS ON BAR 96

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

124 bars across 14 sections: 90 keep time, 12 are fills and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-39.

PART B
CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 2
PART I
CHORUS 3
PART I
PART D
CHORUS 4
OUTRO
7 groovesEIBPD+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hells Bells?

108 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 Hells Bells hard to play on drums?

44 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 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

124 bars, about 4:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 9 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Hells Bells?

6 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 13, 65, 69, 89, 95, 97 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 124 BARS ANALYSED
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