Ali-A Intro · Ali-A

81 bars of 4/4 at 124 BPM, about 2:37 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
124 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
2:37
DIFFICULTY
30/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 37% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-32, 34-40 and 71-74, and 1 more place -- 37.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 124 BPM
ALI-A INTRO · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 41 and 81.

LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 81
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars across 17 sections: 56 keep time, 2 are fills, 1 is a stop and 19 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 18-24.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART D
PART G
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART S10
PART B
PART D
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
12 groovesHBDGS10+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ali-A Intro?

124 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 Ali-A Intro hard to play on drums?

30 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

81 bars, about 2:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 4 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Ali-A Intro?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 41 and 81.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 81 BARS ANALYSED
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