Anthem · Arch Enemy

14 bars of 8/4 -- not four -- at 116 BPM, 0:50 of playing on crash, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metal90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
8/4
BARS
14
LENGTH
0:50
DIFFICULTY
27/100
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 6.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

14 bars across 2 sections: 1 keeps time, 1 is a fill, 6 are stops and 6 are silent.

OUTRO
BREAK
2 groovesAS2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Anthem?

116 BPM, in 8/4, 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 Anthem hard to play on drums?

27 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how much of it falls off the beat the part that decides it.

How long is the drum part?

14 bars, about 0:50 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, mid tom, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Anthem?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 6.

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