Over The Mountain – Ozzy Osbourne drums: play-along

Over The Mountain drums: tempo, difficulty and parts

Over The Mountain by Ozzy Osbourne is 140 BPM and runs 2:40: 93 bars and 1,283 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, tom 1, crash and tom 2.

The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.

The first fill worth practising comes at 0:46, the hi-hat opens as well as closes.

Over The Mountain drum beats and fills

The beats and fills worth practising in Over The Mountain, found in DRUMY’s drum chart: the ones to learn first, not every one in the song. Each beat is listed where it first comes in, with how many bars of its section play it; a fill marked ×2 or more comes round again later, the same or nearly the same.

Beats

Main beat0:03bar 316 bars

Fills

Fill at bar 280:46bar 28×2
Fill at bar 320:53bar 32×2
Fill at bar 330:55bar 33×2
Fill at bar 742:05bar 74
Fill at bar 922:36bar 92

Learn them in the Trainer

The Trainer teaches Over The Mountain a part at a time, then the joins between the parts, every step starting at 70% of full speed.

How to play Over The Mountain on drums

Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
Press play. The notes of Over The Mountain come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 92 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 140 BPM.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Over The Mountain drum cover.

Play Over The Mountain on your kit

Over The Mountain on drums: questions

How hard is Over The Mountain on drums?

Over The Mountain by Ozzy Osbourne is rated hard in the song library: 1,283 notes over 93 bars at 140 BPM. Start it at 0.5× or 0.75×, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What BPM is Over The Mountain?

Over The Mountain plays at about 140 BPM and runs 2:40.

Where are the drum fills in Over The Mountain?

The fills worth practising in Over The Mountain come at 0:46 (Fill at bar 28, played twice), 0:53 (Fill at bar 32, played twice), 0:55 (Fill at bar 33, played twice), 2:05 (Fill at bar 74) and 2:36 (Fill at bar 92). These are the ones DRUMY's drum chart picks out to learn first, not every fill in the song.

Can I play Over The Mountain on drums without the drums in the song?

Play it along with the full recording, or turn the backing off and play to the click.

Can I learn Over The Mountain step by step?

Yes. DRUMY's Trainer turns Over The Mountain into a course: its beats, fills and joins one at a time. Each step starts at 70% of full speed, moves up after two times round at 90% or better, and slows to as low as 50% if it needs to. Learning the hands and the kick separately is an option.