Around the World (AI) · Daft Punk

121 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:02 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
121
LENGTH
4:02
DIFFICULTY
32/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11-30, 36-40 and 56-65, and 3 more places -- 48.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
AROUND THE WORLD (AI) · BAR 11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 121.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 121
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

121 bars across 14 sections: 106 keep time and 1 is a fill. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 12-30.

PART A
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
PART E
OUTRO
6 groovesBACEF+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Around the World (AI)?

120 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 Around the World (AI) hard to play on drums?

32 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 16 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

121 bars, about 4:02 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 7 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Around the World (AI)?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 121.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 121 BARS ANALYSED
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