Begin

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Song Information

begin's jacket.

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 Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX power-up version
Other Music Game Appearances:

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

Lyrics

Game Size

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

itsumo yume miteta nukedashitakatta genjitsu wo tobikoete
kanata iki mochi ookiku natte yuku sora no you ni

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...

atarashii sekai wa ookikute nani ka wo mitsuke nanika wo eru
tsubasa na jishin afure tobitsuzukete
jiyuu na sekai wa ookikute motto ooki na basho wo yumemite
negatte soshite takaku tobi tsudzukete

sagashite mezashi teta hoshi tsukande...

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, スタアの恋人, 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.
• begin was supposed to appear on the cancelled game カラオケレボリューション BEMANIシリーズセレクション.

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→GITADORA OverDrive	↑2.45	↑4.60	↑6.10	-	↑3.55	↑4.65	↑6.30	-	↑2.85	↑5.20	↑6.50	-
GITADORA Tri-Boost→Present	2.45	4.60	↑6.95	-	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	-