St. Jimmy · Green Day

99 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 2:52 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

PunkAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
99
LENGTH
2:52
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15-21, 31-37 and 44, and 3 more places -- 18.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 138 BPM
ST. JIMMY · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 26, 42, 62, 65, 66, 68 and 2 more.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 62 · LANDS ON BAR 63
LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 65-66 · LANDS ON BAR 67 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

99 bars across 10 sections: 67 keep time, 8 are fills, 10 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 73-88.

PART A
PART F
PART G
PART F
PART G
PART J
PART K
CHORUS
OUTRO
8 groovesOFGAK+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is St. Jimmy?

138 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 St. Jimmy hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 76 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

99 bars, about 2:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 13 sittings, about 25 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 St. Jimmy?

6 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 26, 42, 62, 65, 66, 68 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 99 BARS ANALYSED
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