little idea · AKNE

226 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 6:27 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
226
LENGTH
6:27
DIFFICULTY
86/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 87-92, 106 and 121-122, and 3 more places -- 9.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
LITTLE IDEA · BAR 202
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

28 fills to learn, played 45 times: bars 16, 18, 19, 22, 28, 48 and 39 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 18-19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29

24 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

226 bars across 23 sections: 130 keep time, 45 are fills, 19 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 195-205.

CHORUS
PART AE
PART AQ
PART BK
PART CE
PART CH
CHORUS 2
PART DB
17 groovesAQGBGAKAE+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is little idea?

140 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 little idea hard to play on drums?

86 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

226 bars, about 6:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 97 exercises over 31 sittings, about 26 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 little idea?

28 fills to learn, played 45 times: bars 16, 18, 19, 22, 28, 48 and 39 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 226 BARS ANALYSED
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