Hash Pipe · Weezer

98 bars of 4/4 at 126 BPM, about 3:05 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
126 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
3:05
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 25% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-13 and 30-41 -- 24.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 126 BPM
HASH PIPE · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 14, 15, 42, 43, 56, 57 and 6 more.

LOOP · 126 BPM
BARS 14-15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 126 BPM
BARS 56-58 · LANDS ON BAR 59 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 10 sections: 70 keep time, 12 are fills, 1 is a stop and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-13.

PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART M
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
6 groovesGBMEL+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hash Pipe?

126 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 Hash Pipe hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 3:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 10 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 Hash Pipe?

2 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 14, 15, 42, 43, 56, 57 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 98 BARS ANALYSED
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