Drum Related

Below is a breakdown of Santa Claus is Coming to Town by the Jackson 5, it shows the section name and number of bars. 

Section                                   No. of Bars

Intro (build up with floor
tom and snare using 8ths)   4

Chorus  (double time)          4

1st Verse (normal time)      2

Chorus   (double time)         4

Bridge (normal time)           2

2nd Verse (normal time)    2

Chorus (double time)          4

Bridge (normal time)          2

3rd Verse (double time)     8

4th Verse (normal time)    2

Chorus  (double time)        4

Bridge (normal time)         2

Instrumental (normal time)  2

Chorus (double time)        4

Bridge (normal time)        2

5th Verse (double time, snare on
    “1” and “+” of three)    8

Chorus (double time)       4

Bridge (normal time)       2

Chorus  (double time)     4     to fade…

This weeks “Track of the week” is Santa Claus is Coming to Town by the Jackson 5.  I’ve chosen this track this week, again ‘cos it’s Christmas, but also just because it kicks butt! It uses normal and double time, it’s short and sweet, and just a damn good laugh to play! It’s old school too so it has a REAL DRUMMER playing on the track rather than all the MIDI you get these days! Give it a listen but add it to list of one’s to learn at a later date if you don’t yet know about double time.