Aquarius Initiation · Kolm

220 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 6:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
220
LENGTH
6:37
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 72-93, 142 and 144, and 2 more places -- 12.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
AQUARIUS INITIATION · BAR 73
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 48 times: bars 30, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62 and 42 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 54 · LANDS ON BAR 55 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 101 · LANDS ON BAR 102 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

220 bars across 26 sections: 131 keep time, 48 are fills, 3 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 72-93.

PART H
PART N
CHORUS
PART Z
PART AB
OUTRO
22 groovesYBVABZN+17Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Aquarius Initiation?

120 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 Aquarius Initiation hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

220 bars, about 6:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 86 exercises over 30 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Aquarius Initiation?

14 fills to learn, played 48 times: bars 30, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62 and 42 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 220 BARS ANALYSED
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