Fallen Angel · King Crimson

126 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 75 BPM, 5:52 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRockUnder 90 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
75 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
126
LENGTH
5:52
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 40, 45-46 and 48-50, and 9 more places -- 22.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 75 BPM
FALLEN ANGEL · BAR 40
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 4, 33, 41, 42, 43, 47 and 15 more.

LOOP · 75 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 75 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34
LOOP · 75 BPM
BARS 41-43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 75 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

126 bars across 14 sections: 81 keep time, 21 are fills, 1 is a stop and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 65-77.

PART K
CHORUS
PART AF
PART AO
OUTRO
13 groovesQAFAOKE+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Fallen Angel?

75 BPM, in 3/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Fallen Angel hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 47 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

126 bars, about 5:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 47 exercises over 16 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 Fallen Angel?

15 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 4, 33, 41, 42, 43, 47 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 126 BARS ANALYSED
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