North Star of Nija · Orbit Culture

187 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 6:48 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
187
LENGTH
6:48
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-4, 9-12 and 17-20, and 16 more places -- 22.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
NORTH STAR OF NIJA · BAR 35
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

19 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 8, 16, 24, 36, 44, 48 and 27 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49

15 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

187 bars across 18 sections: 107 keep time, 33 are fills, 26 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 98-111.

PART F
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART AH
PART AH
PART AV
OUTRO 2
13 groovesAAHBAFAV+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is North Star of Nija?

110 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 North Star of Nija hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

187 bars, about 6:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 72 exercises over 22 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 North Star of Nija?

19 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 8, 16, 24, 36, 44, 48 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 187 BARS ANALYSED
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