Assassin · Muse

114 bars of 4/4 at 131 BPM, about 3:23 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieProgressive120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
131 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
114
LENGTH
3:23
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-27, 29-32 and 34, and 6 more places -- 19.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 131 BPM
ASSASSIN · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 15, 17, 21, 25, 35, 45 and 10 more.

LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

114 bars across 10 sections: 82 keep time, 16 are fills, 1 is a stop and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 36-44.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART F
PART H
CHORUS
PART B
PART F
PART H
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesLHBFS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Assassin?

131 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 Assassin 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 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

114 bars, about 3:23 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 9 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Assassin?

8 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 15, 17, 21, 25, 35, 45 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 114 BARS ANALYSED
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