asd · TWA

135 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 4:00 of playing, on crash, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
135
LENGTH
4:00
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 38% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 37-43, 45-47 and 49-51, and 8 more places -- 37.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 135 BPM
ASD · BAR 43
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 9, 13, 20, 21, 24, 25 and 14 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 20-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 24-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

135 bars across 14 sections: 76 keep time, 20 are fills, 17 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 105-135.

PART S1
PART F
PART G
CHORUS
PART F
PART E
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesMFGBS1+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is asd?

135 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 asd hard to play on drums?

45 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

135 bars, about 4:00 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in asd?

10 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 9, 13, 20, 21, 24, 25 and 14 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 135 BARS ANALYSED
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