jabajabajabajbajabjabja · bleeebleee

139 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 3:42 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
139
LENGTH
3:42
DIFFICULTY
63/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 15-21, 29-35 and 86-92, and 1 more place -- 20.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
JABAJABAJABAJBAJABJABJA · BARS 15-16
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 2, 4, 13, 27, 28, 57 and 11 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 27-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 60-62 · LANDS ON BAR 63 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

139 bars across 15 sections: 91 keep time, 17 are fills and 10 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 71-84.

PART D
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART P
PART S
PART AA
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
PART K
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesHKAAAS+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is jabajabajabajbajabjabja?

150 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 jabajabajabajbajabjabja hard to play on drums?

63 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

139 bars, about 3:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 18 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 jabajabajabajbajabjabja?

7 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 2, 4, 13, 27, 28, 57 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 139 BARS ANALYSED
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