It's Showtime · B'Z

145 bars of 4/4 at 147 BPM, about 3:57 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

RockJazz / Blues120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
147 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
145
LENGTH
3:57
DIFFICULTY
86/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 94% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-16, 18-20 and 22-26, and 6 more places -- 93.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 147 BPM
IT'S SHOWTIME · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 145.

LOOP · 147 BPM
BAR 145
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

145 bars across 9 sections: 135 keep time, 1 is a fill and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 68-108.

VERSE
VERSE 2
VERSE 3
VERSE 4
6 groovesDBS4S6S1+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is It's Showtime?

147 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 It's Showtime hard to play on drums?

86 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 76 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

145 bars, about 3:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 4 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

How many fills are in It's Showtime?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 145.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 145 BARS ANALYSED
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