Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, Cochren & Co. · His Mercy Is more

96 bars of 6/4 -- not four -- at 130 BPM, 4:19 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
6/4
BARS
96
LENGTH
4:19
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10, 23 and 27, and 1 more place -- 10.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
MATT BOSWELL, MATT PAPA, COCHREN & CO. · BAR 27
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 9, 13, 33, 46, 50, 51 and 4 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

96 bars across 7 sections: 36 keep time, 10 are fills, 4 are stops and 41 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 34-43.

COUNT-IN
PART H
PART L
PART F
OUTRO 2
7 groovesS7LHFS1+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, Cochren & Co.?

130 BPM, in 6/4, 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 Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, Cochren & Co. hard to play on drums?

43 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 20 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

96 bars, about 4:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 7 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, Cochren & Co.?

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 9, 13, 33, 46, 50, 51 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 96 BARS ANALYSED
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