'kjsdnfkjslabdfj · Jackson Burka

276 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 117 BPM, 7:29 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
117 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
276
LENGTH
7:29
DIFFICULTY
100/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 30-32, 34-36 and 38-40, and 7 more places -- 10.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 117 BPM
'KJSDNFKJSLABDFJ · BARS 30-31
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

22 fills to learn, played 60 times: bars 4, 8, 9, 13, 21, 25 and 54 more.

LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

19 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

276 bars across 29 sections: 171 keep time, 60 are fills and 9 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 71-78.

CHORUS
PART W
PART AQ
CHORUS 2
PART AA
OUTRO
18 groovesOAAWDAQ+13Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 'kjsdnfkjslabdfj?

117 BPM, in 3/4, 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 'kjsdnfkjslabdfj hard to play on drums?

100 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 100 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

276 bars, about 7:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 104 exercises over 38 sittings, about 26 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 'kjsdnfkjslabdfj?

22 fills to learn, played 60 times: bars 4, 8, 9, 13, 21, 25 and 54 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 276 BARS ANALYSED
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