another angel down · Avantasia

153 bars of 4/4 at a walking 107 BPM, 5:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalProgressive90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
107 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
153
LENGTH
5:34
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 52% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7, 9-12 and 29-35, and 12 more places -- 51.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 107 BPM
ANOTHER ANGEL DOWN · BAR 29
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 8, 16, 17, 18, 20, 25 and 17 more.

LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 107 BPM
BARS 16-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 107 BPM
BARS 25-26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

153 bars across 15 sections: 113 keep time, 23 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 92-103.

CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART J
CHORUS 4
CHORUS 5
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesBJHDM+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is another angel down?

107 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 another angel down hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 72 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

153 bars, about 5:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 44 exercises over 13 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 another angel down?

13 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 8, 16, 17, 18, 20, 25 and 17 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 153 BARS ANALYSED
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