Angel · Judas Priest

60 bars of 4/4 at a walking 78 BPM, 3:05 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
78 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
60
LENGTH
3:05
DIFFICULTY
57/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 27-34 -- 21.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 78 BPM
ANGEL · BAR 28
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 5, 41, 43, 47, 51, 55 and 2 more.

LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

60 bars across 8 sections: 25 keep time, 8 are fills, 3 are stops and 22 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-34.

COUNT-IN
BREAK 2
BREAK 4
PART C
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesGS3DCS5+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Angel?

78 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 Angel hard to play on drums?

57 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 9 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

60 bars, about 3:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 6 sittings, about 29 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 Angel?

7 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 5, 41, 43, 47, 51, 55 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 60 BARS ANALYSED
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