Random ah song · Me

133 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 3:33 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
133
LENGTH
3:33
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-26, 29 and 31, and 13 more places -- 23.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
RANDOM AH SONG · BAR 29
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 3, 5, 27, 43, 45, 48 and 7 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 3 · LANDS ON BAR 4
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

133 bars across 8 sections: 105 keep time, 13 are fills, 7 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 78-92.

PART B
PART F
CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesHFSLB+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Random ah song?

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 Random ah song hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

133 bars, about 3:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 11 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Random ah song?

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 3, 5, 27, 43, 45, 48 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 133 BARS ANALYSED
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