When the Darkness Comes · Jeris Johnson

98 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 3:08 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
3:08
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-23, 38-40 and 42-47 -- 23.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
WHEN THE DARKNESS COMES · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 34, 58, 59 and 98.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 58-59 · LANDS ON BAR 60 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 98
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 12 sections: 50 keep time, 4 are fills, 23 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 13-27.

COUNT-IN
PART C
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART I
9 groovesDCIS1O+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is When the Darkness Comes?

125 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 When the Darkness Comes hard to play on drums?

42 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 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 3:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 22 exercises over 6 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 When the Darkness Comes?

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 34, 58, 59 and 98.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 98 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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