Wherever I May Roam (Black Album) · Metallica

217 bars of 4/4 at 118 BPM, about 7:17 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
118 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
217
LENGTH
7:17
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 38-43, 46-59 and 86-87, and 2 more places -- 20.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 118 BPM
WHEREVER I MAY ROAM (BLACK ALBUM) · BAR 38
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

23 fills to learn, played 47 times: bars 13, 22, 44, 60, 61, 62 and 41 more.

LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 118 BPM
BARS 60-62 · LANDS ON BAR 63 · PLAYED 9 TIMES

19 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

217 bars across 19 sections: 116 keep time, 47 are fills, 25 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-59.

COUNT-IN
PART C
CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART G
CHORUS 3
PART I
8 groovesMGICS1+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Wherever I May Roam (Black Album)?

118 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 Wherever I May Roam (Black Album) hard to play on drums?

41 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 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

217 bars, about 7:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 58 exercises over 15 sittings, about 26 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 Wherever I May Roam (Black Album)?

23 fills to learn, played 47 times: bars 13, 22, 44, 60, 61, 62 and 41 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 217 BARS ANALYSED
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