The Black (1) · Imminence

163 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 5:25 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
163
LENGTH
5:25
DIFFICULTY
58/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5, 9 and 43-49, and 6 more places -- 19.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
THE BLACK (1) · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 14, 18, 78, 79, 87, 95 and 6 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 87 · LANDS ON BAR 88
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 95 · LANDS ON BAR 96

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

163 bars across 17 sections: 104 keep time, 12 are fills, 10 are stops and 26 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 117-135.

PART I
PART N
PART B
PART B
PART S14
OUTRO
12 groovesADBMNI+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Black (1)?

120 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 The Black (1) hard to play on drums?

58 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

163 bars, about 5:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 42 exercises over 13 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 The Black (1)?

8 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 14, 18, 78, 79, 87, 95 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 163 BARS ANALYSED
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