Kung Wala Ka · Hale

44 bars, 2:35, at 68 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
68 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
44
LENGTH
2:35
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-27, 37 and 41 -- 22.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 68 BPM
KUNG WALA KA · BAR 22
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 28 and 36.

LOOP · 68 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 68 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

44 bars across 6 sections: 30 keep time, 2 are fills, 4 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 12-20.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART C
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesDCFBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Kung Wala Ka?

68 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Kung Wala Ka hard to play on drums?

41 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 20 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

44 bars, about 2:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 19 exercises over 5 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Kung Wala Ka?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 28 and 36.

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