Cursed Moon (new) · Drew

173 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 5:46 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
173
LENGTH
5:46
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 36% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-23, 25-27 and 29-31, and 17 more places -- 35.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
CURSED MOON (NEW) · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 38 and 9 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 84 · LANDS ON BAR 85

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

173 bars across 11 sections: 130 keep time, 15 are fills, 15 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-35.

PART C
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART J
PART L
PART Q
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesFQVCL+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cursed Moon (new)?

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 Cursed Moon (new) hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 74 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

173 bars, about 5:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 12 sittings, about 26 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 Cursed Moon (new)?

6 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 38 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 173 BARS ANALYSED
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