Whisky in the Jar (E Tuning) · Metallica

164 bars of 4/4 at 133 BPM, about 4:55 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
133 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
164
LENGTH
4:55
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 73% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-16, 18-24 and 26-32, and 14 more places -- 73% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 133 BPM
WHISKY IN THE JAR (E TUNING) · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 25, 33, 41, 49, 51, 57 and 9 more.

LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

164 bars across 10 sections: 139 keep time, 15 are fills, 1 is a stop and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-24.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBJOS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Whisky in the Jar (E Tuning)?

133 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 Whisky in the Jar (E Tuning) hard to play on drums?

52 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

164 bars, about 4:55 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 7 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Whisky in the Jar (E Tuning)?

7 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 25, 33, 41, 49, 51, 57 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 164 BARS ANALYSED
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