push · Matchbox 20

81 bars of 4/4 at a walking 84 BPM, 3:51 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePopUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
84 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
3:51
DIFFICULTY
48/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-14, 17-18 and 21-23, and 5 more places -- 24.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 84 BPM
PUSH · BAR 22
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 12, 19, 20, 24, 28, 47 and 8 more.

LOOP · 84 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 84 BPM
BARS 19-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 84 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 84 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars across 11 sections: 52 keep time, 14 are fills, 1 is a stop and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 66-79.

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

Questions

What BPM is push?

84 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 push hard to play on drums?

48 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 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

81 bars, about 3:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 8 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 push?

6 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 12, 19, 20, 24, 28, 47 and 8 more.

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