Ace Of Spades – Motörhead drums: play-along

Ace Of Spades drums: tempo, difficulty and parts

Ace Of Spades by Motörhead is 140 BPM and runs 2:45: 96 bars and 1,620 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, crash, ride, tom 1 and tom 2.

The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.

The first fill worth practising comes at 0:12, its longest section is the Verse 1 (0:24) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.

Song map

0:00Intro
0:14Verse 1
0:38Chorus
0:45Verse 2
1:09Chorus
1:19Bridge
1:33Solo
1:53Re intro
2:00Verse 3
2:24Chorus
2:27Outro

Ace Of Spades drum beats and fills

The beats and fills worth practising in Ace Of Spades, found in DRUMY’s drum chart: the ones to learn first, not every one in the song. Each beat is listed where it first comes in, with how many bars of its section play it; a fill marked ×2 or more comes round again later, the same or nearly the same.

Beats

Intro beat0:03bar 32 bars
Verse 1 beat0:21bar 136 bars
Verse beat0:46bar 286 bars

Fills

Fill into Verse 10:12bar 8
Fill at bar 120:19bar 12×4
Fill at bar 160:26bar 16
Fill into Chorus0:36bar 22
Fill into Verse 20:43bar 26
Fill at bar 340:57bar 34
Fill at bar 421:10bar 42
Fill into Bridge1:17bar 46
Fill at bar 501:24bar 50

Learn them in the Trainer

The Trainer teaches Ace Of Spades a part at a time, then the joins between the parts, every step starting at 70% of full speed.

How to play Ace Of Spades on drums

Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
Press play. The notes of Ace Of Spades come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 50 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 140 BPM.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Ace Of Spades drum cover.

Play Ace Of Spades on your kit

Ace Of Spades on drums: questions

How hard is Ace Of Spades on drums?

Ace Of Spades by Motörhead is rated hard in the song library: 1,620 notes over 96 bars at 140 BPM. Start it at 0.5× or 0.75×, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What BPM is Ace Of Spades?

Ace Of Spades plays at about 140 BPM and runs 2:45.

Where are the drum fills in Ace Of Spades?

The fills worth practising in Ace Of Spades come at 0:12 (Fill into Verse 1), 0:19 (Fill at bar 12, played 4 times), 0:26 (Fill at bar 16), 0:36 (Fill into Chorus), 0:43 (Fill into Verse 2) and 0:57 (Fill at bar 34), with more after that. These are the ones DRUMY's drum chart picks out to learn first, not every fill in the song.

Can I play Ace Of Spades on drums without the drums in the song?

Play it along with the full recording, or turn the backing off and play to the click.

Can I learn Ace Of Spades step by step?

Yes. DRUMY's Trainer turns Ace Of Spades into a course: its beats, fills and joins one at a time. Each step starts at 70% of full speed, moves up after two times round at 90% or better, and slows to as low as 50% if it needs to. Learning the hands and the kick separately is an option.