Valkyria (AI) · Magna Carta Cartel

185 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 6:10 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
185
LENGTH
6:10
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 41% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-30, 41-45 and 51-56, and 13 more places -- 40.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
VALKYRIA (AI) · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 48, 144, 152, 154, 164, 166 and 3 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 144 · LANDS ON BAR 145
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 152 · LANDS ON BAR 153
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 154 · LANDS ON BAR 155

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

185 bars across 20 sections: 112 keep time, 9 are fills, 14 are stops and 31 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 106-120.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART S12
PART K
CHORUS 6
OUTRO
10 groovesDHKS1S12+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Valkyria (AI)?

120 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 Valkyria (AI) hard to play on drums?

40 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 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

185 bars, about 6:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 9 sittings, about 29 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 Valkyria (AI)?

7 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 48, 144, 152, 154, 164, 166 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 185 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

Play something else today

EVERY SONG A-Z →