Acid Rain V2 · Angra

176 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 6:01 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
176
LENGTH
6:01
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 57-60, 66-69 and 120-125, and 1 more place -- 10.1% 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
ACID RAIN V2 · BAR 57
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 31 and 22 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 13-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 50-51 · LANDS ON BAR 52 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

176 bars across 26 sections: 107 keep time, 28 are fills, 9 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 158-172.

PART A
PART F
PART P
CHORUS 2
PART AP
OUTRO
20 groovesABAPABLS+15Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Acid Rain V2?

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 Acid Rain V2 hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 87 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

176 bars, about 6:01 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 83 exercises over 27 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor 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 Acid Rain V2?

16 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 31 and 22 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 176 BARS ANALYSED
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