Jump Man · Buckethead

125 bars of 4/4 at 134 BPM, about 3:44 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

ProgressiveRock120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
134 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
125
LENGTH
3:44
DIFFICULTY
69/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 61% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-11, 13-19 and 21-35, and 4 more places -- 60.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 134 BPM
JUMP MAN · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

125 bars across 12 sections: 110 keep time and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 59-99.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART E
CHORUS 4
OUTRO
8 groovesBES1S7S9+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Jump Man?

134 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 Jump Man hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

125 bars, about 3:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 25 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.

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