Sample In A Jar · Phish

100 bars of 4/4 at a walking 82 BPM, 4:48 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockCountry / FolkUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
82 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
100
LENGTH
4:48
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30, 32 and 52, and 14 more places -- 17.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 82 BPM
SAMPLE IN A JAR · BAR 30
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 29, 45, 47, 51, 53, 56 and 10 more.

LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

100 bars across 9 sections: 69 keep time, 16 are fills, 2 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-17.

PART C
PART J
PART R
PART J
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesOJACCR+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sample In A Jar?

82 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 Sample In A Jar hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 47 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

100 bars, about 4:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 13 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid 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 Sample In A Jar?

11 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 29, 45, 47, 51, 53, 56 and 10 more.

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