Pokemon Theme · Misc. Computer Games

116 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 3:19 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
116
LENGTH
3:19
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21, 23 and 25, and 16 more places -- 21.1% 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
POKEMON THEME · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 3, 4, 6, 8, 14, 16 and 10 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 3-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

116 bars across 13 sections: 62 keep time, 16 are fills, 20 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 81-88.

PART D
PART I
CHORUS
PART A
PART M
PART Q
CHORUS 2
PART W
PART M
OUTRO
9 groovesGMDIW+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Pokemon Theme?

140 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 Pokemon Theme 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 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

116 bars, about 3:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 10 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Pokemon Theme?

8 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 3, 4, 6, 8, 14, 16 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 116 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

Play something else today

EVERY SONG A-Z →