ガールフレンド(ai) · the pillows

93 bars of 4/4 at a walking 102 BPM, 3:39 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

PopAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
102 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
93
LENGTH
3:39
DIFFICULTY
48/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 42% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 12-28, 36 and 46-48, and 4 more places -- 42% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 102 BPM
ガールフレンド(AI) · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 35, 45, 61, 68, 69 and 77.

LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36
LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46
LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62
LOOP · 102 BPM
BARS 68-69 · LANDS ON BAR 70 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

93 bars across 10 sections: 71 keep time, 7 are fills and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-28.

CHORUS
VERSE
PART H
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART L
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesDHLJE+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is ガールフレンド(ai)?

102 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 ガールフレンド(ai) hard to play on drums?

48 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

93 bars, about 3:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 8 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 ガールフレンド(ai)?

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 35, 45, 61, 68, 69 and 77.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 93 BARS ANALYSED
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