Shoot To Thrill · AC/DC

184 bars of 4/4 at 141 BPM, about 5:12 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockMetal120 to 149 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
141 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
184
LENGTH
5:12
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 48% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-19, 30-35 and 38-45, and 6 more places -- 47.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 141 BPM
SHOOT TO THRILL · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 13, 36, 37, 48, 49, 64 and 23 more.

LOOP · 141 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 141 BPM
BARS 36-37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 141 BPM
BARS 48-49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 141 BPM
BARS 81-89 · LANDS ON BAR 90 · PLAYED 9 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

184 bars across 11 sections: 129 keep time, 29 are fills, 11 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 155-175.

CHORUS 2
PART I
CHORUS 3
PART Y
OUTRO 2
7 groovesFIYAAD+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Shoot To Thrill?

141 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 Shoot To Thrill hard to play on drums?

53 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

184 bars, about 5:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Shoot To Thrill?

10 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 13, 36, 37, 48, 49, 64 and 23 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 184 BARS ANALYSED
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