MOSH MOSH MOSH · Couch Cushion

41 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 1:22 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
41
LENGTH
1:22
DIFFICULTY
63/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 13-17, 19 and 21 -- 17.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
MOSH MOSH MOSH · BARS 13-14
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 4, 28 and 41.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 41
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

41 bars across 6 sections: 21 keep time, 3 are fills, 10 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-22.

CHORUS
PART E
PART F
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesAFLES4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is MOSH MOSH MOSH?

120 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 MOSH MOSH MOSH hard to play on drums?

63 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 89 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

41 bars, about 1:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 5 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid 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 MOSH MOSH MOSH?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 4, 28 and 41.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 41 BARS ANALYSED
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