aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa · mayonia

124 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 3:19 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
124
LENGTH
3:19
DIFFICULTY
89/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 37-38, 41-42 and 45-46, and 3 more places -- 11.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA · BAR 37
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 7, 8, 16, 18, 20, 22 and 14 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

124 bars across 14 sections: 66 keep time, 20 are fills, 9 are stops and 19 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 50-56.

PART B
PART E
PART H
CHORUS
PART W
BREAK
CHORUS 2
PART W
BREAK 2
PART AE
OUTRO 2
12 groovesSHWS6AE+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

150 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hard to play on drums?

89 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 70 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

124 bars, about 3:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 49 exercises over 18 sittings, about 25 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 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

11 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 7, 8, 16, 18, 20, 22 and 14 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 124 BARS ANALYSED
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