This Used To Be Heaven · AngelMaker

143 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:46 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
143
LENGTH
4:46
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 36% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 91-97, 99-105 and 107-113, and 4 more places -- 35.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
THIS USED TO BE HEAVEN · BARS 91-92
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 38 and 18 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 28-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 33-34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 40-42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

143 bars across 14 sections: 88 keep time, 24 are fills, 12 are stops and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 115-129.

COUNT-IN
PART C
PART I
PART L
PART B
PART Y
PART S10
PART L
OUTRO 2
12 groovesAKBLYS10+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is This Used To Be Heaven?

120 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 This Used To Be Heaven hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

143 bars, about 4:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 14 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 This Used To Be Heaven?

10 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 38 and 18 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 143 BARS ANALYSED
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