Alison Hell · Annihilator

140 bars of 4/4 at 131 BPM, about 4:35 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
131 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
4:35
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 48-52, 68-72 and 118-122 -- 12.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 131 BPM
ALISON HELL · BAR 48
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

19 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 32 and 24 more.

LOOP · 131 BPM
BARS 13-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 131 BPM
BARS 36-37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

15 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 16 sections: 65 keep time, 31 are fills, 10 are stops and 21 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 47-54.

COUNT-IN
PART S2
PART H
PART M
PART S5
PART X
CHORUS
PART X
CHORUS 2
PART BA
PART X
BREAK
12 groovesABXBAHS16+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Alison Hell?

131 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 Alison Hell hard to play on drums?

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

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 4:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 exercises over 19 sittings, about 26 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 Alison Hell?

19 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 32 and 24 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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