Anastasia · Slash

304 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 8:03 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockAlternative / Indie150 BPM and upIntermediate
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
304
LENGTH
8:03
DIFFICULTY
47/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 90-91, 208-221 and 224-230, and 10 more places -- 24.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
ANASTASIA · BARS 90-91
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 45, 46, 47, 55, 71, 89 and 16 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 45-47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 55 · LANDS ON BAR 56 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 71 · LANDS ON BAR 72
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 89 · LANDS ON BAR 90

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

304 bars across 14 sections: 206 keep time, 22 are fills, 30 are stops and 37 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 175-205.

COUNT-IN
PART E
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART R
PART R
11 groovesORES1L+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Anastasia?

150 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Anastasia hard to play on drums?

47 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

304 bars, about 8:03 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 47 exercises over 12 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Anastasia?

13 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 45, 46, 47, 55, 71, 89 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 304 BARS ANALYSED
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