Angel · Massive Attack

169 bars of 4/4 at a walking 104 BPM, 6:30 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ElectronicAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
104 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
169
LENGTH
6:30
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 46% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 65-67, 69-71 and 73-75, and 10 more places -- 46.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 104 BPM
ANGEL · BAR 65
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 64, 68, 80, 96, 104, 108 and 4 more.

LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 108 · LANDS ON BAR 109
LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 112 · LANDS ON BAR 113
LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 116 · LANDS ON BAR 117 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

169 bars across 6 sections: 152 keep time, 11 are fills and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 7-63.

PART B
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesDBS3S1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Angel?

104 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 Angel hard to play on drums?

40 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

169 bars, about 6:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 5 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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?

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 64, 68, 80, 96, 104, 108 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 169 BARS ANALYSED
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