Akai Kawa · B'Z

129 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 4:29 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
129
LENGTH
4:29
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 40, 42 and 44, and 11 more places -- 21.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 115 BPM
AKAI KAWA · BAR 50
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 51 times: bars 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 45 more.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12
LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 13-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 9 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

129 bars across 6 sections: 49 keep time, 51 are fills, 17 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 22-28.

PART N
PART R
CHORUS
PART AE
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesSNRS5AEFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Akai Kawa?

115 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 Akai Kawa hard to play on drums?

41 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how often it moves around the kit the part that decides it. The beat itself is 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

129 bars, about 4:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 12 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 Akai Kawa?

13 fills to learn, played 51 times: bars 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 45 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 129 BARS ANALYSED
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