Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya · Dropkick Murphys

164 bars of 4/4 at a walking 91 BPM, 7:08 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Country / FolkRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
91 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
164
LENGTH
7:08
DIFFICULTY
64/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 22, 26-27 and 46, and 13 more places -- 13.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 91 BPM
JOHNNY I HARDLY KNEW YA · BAR 22
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 16, 20, 24, 28, 36, 40 and 22 more.

LOOP · 91 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 91 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 91 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 91 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

164 bars across 15 sections: 93 keep time, 28 are fills, 3 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 29-35.

COUNT-IN
PART D
CHORUS
PART H
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesMHDOS15+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya?

91 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 Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya hard to play on drums?

64 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

164 bars, about 7:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 51 exercises over 16 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya?

12 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 16, 20, 24, 28, 36, 40 and 22 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 164 BARS ANALYSED
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