Alasanmu · Exists

174 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 5:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
174
LENGTH
5:21
DIFFICULTY
48/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2, 4 and 6, and 28 more places -- 19.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
ALASANMU · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 58, 90, 102, 118, 126, 132 and 3 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 102 · LANDS ON BAR 103
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 126 · LANDS ON BAR 127
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 132 · LANDS ON BAR 133

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

174 bars across 18 sections: 80 keep time, 11 are fills, 51 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 104-113.

PART B
PART S3
PART E
PART A
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART B
9 groovesIEBAS3+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Alasanmu?

130 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 Alasanmu 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 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

174 bars, about 5:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Alasanmu?

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 58, 90, 102, 118, 126, 132 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 174 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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