Hush (feat. Ellie Goulding) · Muse

108 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 3:39 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
108
LENGTH
3:39
DIFFICULTY
34/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-23 and 47-54 -- 24.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
HUSH (FEAT. ELLIE GOULDING) · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 8, 12, 24, 42, 44, 72 and 3 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

108 bars across 14 sections: 58 keep time, 9 are fills, 2 are stops and 29 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-23.

CHORUS
PART G
PART I
CHORUS 2
PART G
PART P
CHORUS 3
BREAK 3
10 groovesCS14GIP+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hush (feat. Ellie Goulding)?

145 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 Hush (feat. Ellie Goulding) hard to play on drums?

34 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 0 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

108 bars, about 3:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Hush (feat. Ellie Goulding)?

7 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 8, 12, 24, 42, 44, 72 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 108 BARS ANALYSED
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