Jack Is Black · Ausborn 66

125 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:10 of playing, on crash, snare, high tom, floor tom and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
125
LENGTH
4:10
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 39% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 23-25, 27-29 and 31-33, and 9 more places -- 39% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
JACK IS BLACK · BAR 23
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 99, 107, 115, 119 and 123.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 99 · LANDS ON BAR 100 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 119 · LANDS ON BAR 120 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

125 bars across 11 sections: 105 keep time, 6 are fills, 2 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 24-56.

PART B
PART D
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART K
PART M
OUTRO 2
9 groovesFKDBP+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Jack Is Black?

120 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 Jack Is Black hard to play on drums?

60 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 59 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

125 bars, about 4:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare, high tom, floor tom and hi-hat foot. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Jack Is Black?

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 99, 107, 115, 119 and 123.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 125 BARS ANALYSED
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