Over the Mountain

[max_fischer101]

Does anyone know where I can get a transcription of the beginning of the Ozzy song "Over the Mountain" ? I thought I saw it once in Modern Drummer.

Max

[bdub]

It's basically just RL foot RL foot at the rate of 16th note triplets. There is also a left foot hi hat going on in there too. I would just transcribe it for you but I don't have a way to do it at the moment. Check Youtube for Randy Castillo demonstrating the pattern. He had a drum vid out years ago where he demonstrated the pattern. Good luck.

[Ian Ballard]

S= Snare
T= High Tom
F= Floor Tom
B= Bass Drum

STB-FTB-FTB-STB-FTB-FTB-STB-STB-STB-BTB-BTB-FLAM-FLAM..start song.

The poster below is right. It's just RLF triplets. But you play the snare as I've shown above (I marked snare hits in bold). You play 7 full quarter notes worth before the song starts and Randy Rhodes plays the last quarter (because the intro is two bars of 4/4) with no drums to kick off the song.

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-duhduhduh...

Tommy Aldridge might have played flams for the snare hits in the lick, but I don't have the recording handy. If you want to add the hi-hat, just alternate strokes with the right foot, as if you were playing double-bass, while doing the RLF.

It's really easy stuff, though. You just have to play it strong and with good conviction.