Mr. Jack · System of a Down

89 bars of 4/4 at a walking 76 BPM, 4:39 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalAlternative / IndieUnder 90 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
76 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
89
LENGTH
4:39
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18, 20-24 and 34-37, and 2 more places -- 22.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 76 BPM
MR. JACK · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 8, 12, 49, 55, 69, 77 and 2 more.

LOOP · 76 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 76 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50
LOOP · 76 BPM
BAR 55 · LANDS ON BAR 56
LOOP · 76 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

89 bars across 14 sections: 55 keep time, 8 are fills, 2 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 18-24.

PART B
CHORUS
PART I
PART I
CHORUS 3
PART S10
PART N
PART P
10 groovesFINBS10+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mr. Jack?

76 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 Mr. Jack hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

89 bars, about 4:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 10 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Mr. Jack?

6 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 8, 12, 49, 55, 69, 77 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 89 BARS ANALYSED
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