Uniaika · Korpiklaani

108 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 4:19 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

MetalCountry / Folk90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
108
LENGTH
4:19
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 37% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-26, 37-44 and 81-104 -- 37% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 100 BPM
UNIAIKA · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 18, 36, 80, 105 and 106.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 105-106 · LANDS ON BAR 107 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

108 bars across 9 sections: 93 keep time, 5 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 81-104.

PART A
PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART A
PART F
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesEBAFFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Uniaika?

100 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 Uniaika 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 20 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

108 bars, about 4:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 6 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Uniaika?

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 18, 36, 80, 105 and 106.

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