If I could be a constellation · Kessoku Band

130 bars of 4/4 at 123 BPM, about 4:13 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
123 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
130
LENGTH
4:13
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 38, 40 and 42, and 12 more places -- 14.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 123 BPM
IF I COULD BE A CONSTELLATION · BAR 38
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 52 more.

LOOP · 123 BPM
BARS 1-11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 11 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20
LOOP · 123 BPM
BARS 27-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

14 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

130 bars across 10 sections: 59 keep time, 58 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 20-25.

PART K
PART M
PART R
CHORUS
PART AE
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART AU
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesYMKRAU+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is If I could be a constellation?

123 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 If I could be a constellation hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

130 bars, about 4:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 19 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 If I could be a constellation?

18 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 52 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 130 BARS ANALYSED
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