Fast as you can · Fiona Apple

152 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 4:22 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
152
LENGTH
4:22
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 50-63, 65-75 and 77-78 -- 18% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 138 BPM
FAST AS YOU CAN · BAR 51
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 4, 5, 28, 36, 64, 79 and 12 more.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 4-5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

152 bars across 15 sections: 107 keep time, 19 are fills, 2 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 83-100.

PART C
PART E
PART N
PART N
CHORUS
PART K
PART AD
PART C
OUTRO
11 groovesUKCNE+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Fast as you can?

138 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 Fast as you can hard to play on drums?

55 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?

152 bars, about 4:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 17 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Fast as you can?

6 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 4, 5, 28, 36, 64, 79 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 152 BARS ANALYSED
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