London Leatherboys · Accept

98 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 3:55 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
3:55
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-8, 10-12 and 21-23, and 2 more places -- 15.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
LONDON LEATHERBOYS · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 5, 13, 17, 20, 28, 31 and 15 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 15 sections: 56 keep time, 21 are fills and 2 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 70-76.

PART B
PART E
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART O
PART E
CHORUS 3
PART O
PART R
PART V
PART O
OUTRO 2
9 groovesHOEVB+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is London Leatherboys?

100 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 London Leatherboys hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 3:55 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 47 exercises over 15 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 London Leatherboys?

11 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 5, 13, 17, 20, 28, 31 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 98 BARS ANALYSED
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