Song Deconstruct
Van Halen – Jump
Lesson Introduction
Our intention with this lesson is to delve into the very famous guitar break / solo which starts at 2:16 in the song. Yes this is a drum lesson. However if you’ve listened to it, you’ll realise the drum pattern is not so simple to deconstruct. Until Now!
Note: This lesson is not intended to chart the whole song, rather to teach you how to construct the drum beat played during the guitar solo.
Level: Intermediate
Pre Requisite: Basic Understanding of Note Values.
Steps:
The steps we take to build this lesson will be broken down into these parts:
- Revise the Finished Product
- Review Kick and Snare on a Single Surface
- Break Snare & Kick Parts Into 2 Bar Segments
- Play All Bars at 100 BPM.
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Step 1: Revise The Finished Product
The Beat
Firstly let’s review this beat, it’s an 8 bar section starting at approximately 2:16 in the song with a tempo of 120 bpm. We play playing the Hi-Hats as Quarters counting 1 2 3 4.
Jump Looped x 4 Including Guitar Solo
Score & Audio
Step 2: Review Kick and Snare on a Single Surface
We simplify the beat by bringing the kick and snare parts to one surface, the snare.
Use a metronome with a tempo of 100 bpm, adjust as required.
Score & Audio
Jump Snare Pattern
Drum Pattern Using Snare Drum
- We learn the above drum pattern using 2 Bar Segments in the following section.
Step 3: Break Kick & Snare Parts Into 2 Bar Segments
Tips:
- Play 2 Bars at a time
- Play Snare Pattern First Then Beat Patterns
- Add Hi Hat as a Reference For Snare Patterns
- Use a metronome with a tempo of 100 bpm, adjust as required
- Audio samples repeat 4 times
- Practice Until Competent
Snare Bars 1 + 2
Beat Bars 1 + 2
Snare Bars 3 + 4
Beat Bars 3 + 4
Snare Bars 5 + 6
Beat Bars 5 + 6
Snare Bars 7 + 8
Snare Pattern Bars 7 + 8
Beat Bars 7 + 8
Beat Pattern Bars 7 + 8
Repeat each exercise at least 20 times before attempting the next.
Step 4: Play All Bars At 100 BPM
Full Beat On Snare
Refer to Above Score as a Reference
Snare Pattern In Full
Full Beat On Kick & Snare
Refer to Above Score as a Reference