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Astronomy version 2 · metallica

EXERCISE 5 OF 42
Groove D
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CHORUS
PART K
CHORUS 2
PART K
OUTRO 2
7 groovesAKAAIB+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 8
FILL · 8
LAND · 8
RUN · 2
JOIN · 8
LINK · 1
SECTION · 6
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play Astronomy version 2 on drums

146 bars of 4/4 at a walking 84 BPM, 6:44 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

43 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it.

TEMPO
84 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
146
LENGTH
6:44
DIFFICULTY
43/100

hi-hat through bars 1-37, kick and crashes through bars 38-44, snare through bars 45-46, hi-hat through bars 47-89, kick and crashes through bars 90-96 and snare through bars 97-98, and 2 more changes after that.

The beat

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-12, 18-21 and 23-27, and 7 more places -- 24.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

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    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HH |x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
Astronomy version 2 -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

8 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 45, 46, 47, 50, 58, 66 and 11 more.

What the course does

It cuts the song into 33 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- A, AA -- 2 exercises, about 21 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- K -- 2 exercises, about 24 minutes.
  3. Through the Chorus and Part I -- 4 exercises, about 31 minutes. Open above.
  4. Bars 46-61 -- 8 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  5. Through Part K and Part Q -- 5 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  6. Bars 85-107 -- 8 exercises, about 32 minutes.
  7. Bars 99-123 -- 7 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  8. Through the Outro 2 -- 4 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  9. and 1 more sittings after that.
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Questions

What BPM is Astronomy version 2?

84 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 Astronomy version 2 hard to play on drums?

43 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 0 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

146 bars, about 6:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 33 exercises over 9 sittings, about 26 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 Astronomy version 2?

8 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 45, 46, 47, 50, 58, 66 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 146 BARS ANALYSED