Yao · Composers of MSB

311 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 10:22 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
311
LENGTH
10:22
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 197-206, 208-209 and 211-212, and 9 more places -- 18% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
YAO · BAR 197
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 135, 136, 193, 194, 195, 259 and 1 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 135-136 · LANDS ON BAR 137 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 193-195 · LANDS ON BAR 196 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 259 · LANDS ON BAR 260
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 299 · LANDS ON BAR 300
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

311 bars across 20 sections: 217 keep time, 7 are fills, 5 are stops and 72 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 92-134.

PART K
PART O
PART S13
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
17 groovesYOAIS13K+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Yao?

120 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 Yao hard to play on drums?

43 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how fine the subdivision is 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?

311 bars, about 10:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 exercises over 18 sittings, about 27 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 Yao?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 135, 136, 193, 194, 195, 259 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 311 BARS ANALYSED
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