oaoa · Wound

71 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 1:56 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
71
LENGTH
1:56
DIFFICULTY
83/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 38-45 -- 11.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
OAOA · BAR 38
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 18, 22 and 31.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

71 bars across 9 sections: 52 keep time, 3 are fills, 3 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 39-54.

PART A
PART B
PART G
PART I
PART K
CHORUS
PART T
OUTRO
9 groovesLGBIT+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is oaoa?

150 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 oaoa hard to play on drums?

83 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 77 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

71 bars, about 1:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 32 exercises over 13 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, 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 oaoa?

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 18, 22 and 31.

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