starjump · julie

105 bars of 4/4 at 117 BPM, about 3:35 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

PopAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
117 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
3:35
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 56% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 8, 10 and 12, and 23 more places -- 56% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 117 BPM
STARJUMP · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 6, 14, 22 and 30.

LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 6 sections: 84 keep time, 4 are fills, 6 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 32-92.

INTRO
PART C
CHORUS
OUTRO 2
4 groovesDCAS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is starjump?

117 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 starjump hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 3:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 13 exercises over 4 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 starjump?

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 6, 14, 22 and 30.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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