GGGGGEEEEEHIIIIKAAAAAA · YT NS

96 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:12 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
96
LENGTH
3:12
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-19, 46-52 and 81-87 -- 23.1% 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
GGGGGEEEEEHIIIIKAAAAAA · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12 and 28 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 1-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 11-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 20-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

96 bars across 10 sections: 46 keep time, 34 are fills, 2 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-19.

PART D
PART E
CHORUS
PART K
CHORUS 2
PART V
PART S7
PART Y
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesHKVYD+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is GGGGGEEEEEHIIIIKAAAAAA?

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 GGGGGEEEEEHIIIIKAAAAAA hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

96 bars, about 3:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 11 sittings, about 24 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 GGGGGEEEEEHIIIIKAAAAAA?

10 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12 and 28 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 96 BARS ANALYSED
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