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Whisky in the Jar (E Tuning) · Metallica

Whisky in the Jar (E Tuning) · Metallica
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EXERCISE 21 OF 31
Join Chorus 3 to Part O (bars 106-108)
157 / 164 BARS COVERED
0 / 31 PASSED · 3 BARS LIT · IN THE CHORUS 3, PART O
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART O
CHORUS 4
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBJOS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 7
FILL · 7
LAND · 7
RUN · 1
JOIN · 4
LINK · 2
SECTION · 2
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play Whisky in the Jar (E Tuning) on drums

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.

52 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
133 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
164
LENGTH
4:55
DIFFICULTY
52/100

hi-hat through bars 2-51, ride through bars 52-57, hi-hat through bars 58-83, ride through bars 84-88, hi-hat through bars 89-141 and ride through bars 142-147, and 1 more change after that.

The beat

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.

    3
    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HH |o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-|
SD |----x-------x---|
BD |x-------x-------|
Whisky in the Jar (E Tuning) -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

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

What the course does

It cuts the song into 23 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- B -- 2 exercises, about 16 minutes.
  2. Through the Chorus -- 7 exercises, about 32 minutes.
  3. Through the Chorus and Part J -- 3 exercises, about 20 minutes.
  4. Bars 50-90 -- 4 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  5. Through the Chorus 3 and Part O -- 4 exercises, about 31 minutes.
  6. Bars 104-123 -- 5 exercises, about 30 minutes. Open above.
  7. The whole song -- 6 exercises, about 23 minutes.
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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