Jerusalema · Master KG

131 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:22 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Hip Hop / ReggaePop120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
131
LENGTH
4:22
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 72% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-10, 21-55 and 71, and 3 more places -- 71.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
JERUSALEMA · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 129, 130 and 131.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 129-131 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

131 bars across 12 sections: 108 keep time, 3 are fills and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 22-55.

CHORUS 2
BREAK
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
5 groovesBAS7CEFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Jerusalema?

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 Jerusalema hard to play on drums?

39 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 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

131 bars, about 4:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 13 exercises over 3 sittings, about 28 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 Jerusalema?

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 129, 130 and 131.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 131 BARS ANALYSED
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