Aoi, Koi, Daiiro No Hi · MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS

174 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 4:38 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock150 BPM and upIntermediate
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
174
LENGTH
4:38
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 60% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-31, 33-39 and 41-47, and 8 more places -- 60.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 150 BPM
AOI, KOI, DAIIRO NO HI · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 32, 40, 48, 56, 57, 73 and 8 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 56-57 · LANDS ON BAR 58 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 73 · LANDS ON BAR 74 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 105 · LANDS ON BAR 106

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

174 bars across 10 sections: 117 keep time, 14 are fills, 15 are stops and 21 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-31.

COUNT-IN
VERSE
VERSE 2
CHORUS
PART S8
VERSE 3
8 groovesBLS1S8H+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Aoi, Koi, Daiiro No Hi?

150 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 Aoi, Koi, Daiiro No Hi hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 66 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

174 bars, about 4:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 7 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Aoi, Koi, Daiiro No Hi?

5 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 32, 40, 48, 56, 57, 73 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 174 BARS ANALYSED
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