I See The Sun · Akrem Chekki

164 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 5:58 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
164
LENGTH
5:58
DIFFICULTY
46/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 42% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4-12, 14 and 33-35, and 15 more places -- 41.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 110 BPM
I SEE THE SUN · BAR 4
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 15, 32, 49, 60, 61, 77 and 7 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 60-61 · LANDS ON BAR 62 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

164 bars across 13 sections: 118 keep time, 13 are fills and 16 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 149-161.

INTRO
PART J
CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART V
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesDHJVFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is I See The Sun?

110 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 I See The Sun hard to play on drums?

46 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

164 bars, about 5:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 8 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 I See The Sun?

7 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 15, 32, 49, 60, 61, 77 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 164 BARS ANALYSED
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