The Ballad Of Jayne · L.A. Guns

125 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:10 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
125
LENGTH
4:10
DIFFICULTY
37/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 62% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33-47, 49-50 and 53-56, and 10 more places -- 61.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
THE BALLAD OF JAYNE · BAR 34
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 32, 67, 86 and 102.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 67 · LANDS ON BAR 68 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 102 · LANDS ON BAR 103
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

125 bars across 9 sections: 65 keep time, 4 are fills, 38 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 88-94.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
4 groovesFAS1CFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Ballad Of Jayne?

120 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 The Ballad Of Jayne hard to play on drums?

37 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 18 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

125 bars, about 4:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 4 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 The Ballad Of Jayne?

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 32, 67, 86 and 102.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 125 BARS ANALYSED
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