Ashes To Ashes · Faith No More

88 bars of 4/4 at a walking 97 BPM, 3:38 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
97 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
88
LENGTH
3:38
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 62% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-15, 20 and 29-35, and 7 more places -- 61.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 97 BPM
ASHES TO ASHES · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 16, 44 and 72.

LOOP · 97 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 97 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45
LOOP · 97 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

88 bars across 10 sections: 69 keep time, 3 are fills and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 54-71.

CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART E
CHORUS 3
PART E
5 groovesCEBS9S1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ashes To Ashes?

97 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 Ashes To Ashes hard to play on drums?

44 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

88 bars, about 3:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 6 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Ashes To Ashes?

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 16, 44 and 72.

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