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Aja Mahi - Tutorial

Table of Contents

  1. Song Audio (YouTube)
  2. Song Lyrics and Chords
  3. Drums and Percussion
  4. Keyboard
  5. Bass Tab
  6. Guitar Tab

YouTube Song Audio


We'll use this version to study

Song Form

SONG FORM:

INTRO (4 parts)
PRE CH 1 (4 parts)
CHORUS 1 (4 parts)

VERSE 1 (4 parts)
CHORUS 2 (x2, all in)
PRE CH 2 (2 parts)

VERSE 2 (all in)
CHORUS 3 (x2)

VERSE 3 (4 parts)
CHORUS 4 (x4)

Song Lyrics and Chords

GENERAL PROGRESSION
|: Dm / / C | / / / / | Bb / / Am | / / / / :|

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INTRO (Bass & Timbale rim)
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4 Rounds

1) Bass and Timbale
2) Bass, Timbale, and Lara “ooh yeah”
3) Bass, Timbale, Lara, Guitar whole notes
4) Bass, Timbale, Lara, Guitar, and Hip Hop Drum Kit

BASS
   D       A     C               F
|: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  |

   Bb      F     A               A
|  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + :|

TIMBALE RIM

| X     x X   x x X   x x X       |
| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | (x4)

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Pre Chorus 1 (Lara hype vocal)
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4 Rounds

1) Voice & Bass
2) Voice, bass, guitar whole notes
3) All in
4) All in

(Lara Hype) (x4)
“This goes out to the boys in the front to back to the middle to the left to the right
We’re gonna take you on a bad girl flight!
Let’s send tricks on the mic tonight!”

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CHORUS 1 (Meher vocal) 1:07
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4 Rounds

1) Voice, bass, guitar, kick drum on count 1 of each measure.
2) Three parts
   a) (4 measures) Voice, bass, guitar, kick drum on counts 1 and 3
   b) (2 measures) Voice, bass, guitar, kick on 1 and 3, tom tom 16th notes 
   c) (2 measures) voice, bass, guitar, kick on 1 and 3, snare16th notes, special ending
3) All in
4) All in

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VERSE 1 (1:34)
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4 Rounds

1) Lara, bass, guitar whole notes (no drums, only hi hat foot on 2 and 4)
   a) Never gonna say, “I quit”
   b) Never gonna take no “Shh”
   c) Always gonna roll with tricks
   d) Always gonna make the hits
   e) Always gonna say what fits
2) All in
   a) So I step to the boy by the ?
   b) X
   c) X
   d) X
3) Meher
   a) X
   b) X
   c) X
   d) X Cool kick drum 1/8th note fill ending

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CHORUS 2 (x2) (2:03)
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All in

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Pre Chorus 2 (Lara hype vocal) (2:17)
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2 Rounds

1) Voice, bass, guitar whole notes
2) All in

(Lara Hype) (x4)
“This goes out to the boys in the front to back to the middle to the left to the right
We’re gonna take you on a bad girl flight!
Let’s send tricks on the mic tonight”

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VERSE 2 (Meher) (2:32)
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All in
Fill on last round

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CHORUS 3 (Meher) (x2)
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All in

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VERSE 3 (x4) (Lara 2 rounds, Meher 2 rounds)
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1) Lara & bass
2) all in
3) Meher — all in
4) Meher — all in (cool ending fill, 1/8th notes on bass drum)

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CHORUS 4 (Meher) (x4)
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All in (x3)
No drums last round

lyric translation

coming soon



Drums and Percussion

Keyboards

Bass

Bass Tab



Guitar

GUITAR Tab
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