Varzaa · Vita de vie

167 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:46 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
167
LENGTH
4:46
DIFFICULTY
36/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 68% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-30, 32-39 and 41-55, and 21 more places -- 67.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 140 BPM
VARZAA · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 40, 56, 96, 134 and 156.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 156 · LANDS ON BAR 157
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

167 bars across 7 sections: 144 keep time, 7 are fills and 8 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-39.

CHORUS
PART H
CHORUS 2
PART H
OUTRO 2
4 groovesDHAIFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Varzaa?

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 Varzaa hard to play on drums?

36 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 17 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

167 bars, about 4:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 19 exercises over 5 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid 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 Varzaa?

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 40, 56, 96, 134 and 156.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 167 BARS ANALYSED
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