The One · Akrem Chekki

130 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 4:58 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
130
LENGTH
4:58
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 55-58, 66-69 and 102-105 -- 9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
THE ONE · BARS 66-67
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 29, 30, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 14 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 29-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 45-49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 67 · LANDS ON BAR 68 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

137 bars across 21 sections: 81 keep time, 20 are fills, 7 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-20.

PART B
PART E
CHORUS
PART Z
PART AD
CHORUS 2
PART X
PART AK
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
16 groovesIXEAQAK+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The One?

100 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 The One hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 84 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

130 bars, about 4:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 21 sittings, about 24 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 The One?

8 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 29, 30, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 14 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 130 BARS ANALYSED
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