Begin

begin

Song Information

Artist: 小坂りゆ
Composition/Arrangement/Guitars/Other Instruments & Programming/Recording Engineer: NAOKI MAEDA
Lyrics/Vocals: Riyu Kosaka
BPM: 148
Length: 1:34
Movie: tQy
First Music Game Appearances: GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX power-up version
Other Music Game Appearances:

• GITADORA CS
• GuitarFreaks & DrumMania MASTERPIECE GOLD
• GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG

Lyrics

Japanese

いつも夢見てた　何もわからずに　現実を飛び越えて
叶えたい気持ち　大きくなってゆく　空のように

きっと掴み取る　自分だけの星　見つけ出して
ずっと追いかける　その星はそう...　夢の証だから

知らない世界は広すぎて　見失いそうでも生きて行こう
孤独に　打ち勝つため飛び続けて...

新しい世界は大きくて　何かを見つけ何かを得る
翼に　自信あふれ飛び続けて
自由な世界は大きくて　もっと大きな場所を夢見て
願って　そして高く飛び続けて

探して　目指してた星掴んで...

Romaji

hibi ni owareteta
nukedasenakatta
iradachi o koraeteta
hatenai fuan ni nomikomarete iku...
atari wa kumori hajimeru...

itsumo yume miteta
nukedashitakatta
genjitsu o tobikoete

kumo no mukou no mienai sora no iro shiritakute!

kitto tsukami toru!
jibun dake no hoshi mitsukedashite
zutto oikakeru
ano hoshi wa sou, yume no akashi dakara!

shiranai sekai wa hiro sugite
miushinaisou demo ikite ikou
kodoku ni uchikatsu tame tobi tsuzukete...

nanika suru koto de
kawaru to iu nara
mayoi nante nai hazu
genjitsu (kanji: honmono) ni deai mukiau tsuyosa ga
hoshii kara!

motto dekiru hazu
jibun no senaka o tsuyoku oshite
zutto oikakeyou!
ano hoshi o kitto tsukamu sono hi made...!

shiranai sekai wa hiro sugite
miushinaisou demo ikite ikou
"makenai" sono omoi dake shinjite!

shiranai sekai o shiru tame ni
subeki koto wa nani ga aru darou?
kitto...
nani mo ka mo ukeireru kokoro o motsu koto!

futo ki ga tsuita
jibun no senaka no ooki na tsubasa o
atarimae datta
omosa nante sukoshi mo kanjinakatta
motto tooku e to!
kono tsubasa ni subete o kakete!
zutto oikakeru!
kono yume o ima kono te ni suru made!!

atarashii sekai wa ookikute
nani ka o mitsuke nanika o eru
tsubasa na jishin afure tobitsuzukete...

jiyuu na sekai wa ookikute
motto ooki na basho o yume mite
zutto
dokomademo yume o oi tsuzukeru darou!
kitto
itsumademo tobi tsuzukete ikeru darou!

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of begin appears on Riyu Kosaka's first album, begin.

Trivia

• begin marks Riyu Kosaka's first standalone song in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series.
• Like the other 5 power-up version songs (BRAND NEW LADY, ROOPA, スタアの戀人, たまゆら, and わすれもの), begin was only released on the GUITARFREAKS & drummania BEST TRACKS CD's until it appeared on the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania - SUPER BEST BOX - collection 8 years later. They are all on the end of disc 4.
• begin is available for play in GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG as an unlockable song in Jukebox #3 (9/29/2010). As of 11/26/2010, begin has been made automatically available for play in Standard mode.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99. (Ratings obtained from the official Konami sites and BEMANIWiki 2nd. Notecounts obtained from Drum Mania Database. MASTERPIECE GOLD difficulty levels obtained from rmz's GuitarFreaks and DrumMania MASTERPIECE GOLD FAQ.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drums			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	225	683	873	313	382	382	450	450	-	313	382	382
GF8/dm7 power-up ver.	11	51	64	?	?	?	?	?	-	?	?	?
GF9/dm8→GF/DM V2	11	51	64	22	29	47	32	58	-	24	34	70
GF/DM V3→V8	↑13	51	↑66	22	29	↑56	32	58	-	24	34	↓60
GF/DM MASTERPIECE GOLD	13	51	66	22	29	56	32	58	-	24	34	60

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drums				Guitar				Bass
	Novice	Regular	Expert	Master	Novice	Regular	Expert	Master	Novice	Regular	Expert	Master
Notecounts	225	683	873	-	289	382	382	-	359	450	450	-
GF/DM XG→XG2	1.60	3.90	5.35	-	2.65	4.00	5.70	-	1.95	4.55	6.00	-
GF/DM XG3	1.60	3.90	↑5.55	-	2.65	4.00	5.70	-	1.95	4.55	6.00	-
GITADORA→Present	↑2.45	↑4.60	↑6.10	-	↑3.55	↑4.65	↑6.30	-	↑2.85	↑5.20	↑6.50	-
GITADORA CS	2.45	4.60	6.10	-	3.55	4.65	6.30	-	2.85	5.20	6.50	-