"Toxic" 2 · Couch

127 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 4:08 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
127
LENGTH
4:08
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 42-43, 71-75 and 105-106 -- 8.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 122 BPM
"TOXIC" 2 · BAR 43
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 25, 37, 57 and 6 more.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BARS 1-3 · LANDS ON BAR 4 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

127 bars across 17 sections: 78 keep time, 12 are fills, 5 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 29-36.

PART F
PART H
CHORUS
PART R
CHORUS 2
PART AC
PART U
PART L
PART S13
PART U
OUTRO
14 groovesMRUAVH+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is "Toxic" 2?

122 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 "Toxic" 2 hard to play on drums?

49 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 50 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

127 bars, about 4:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 13 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 "Toxic" 2?

7 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 25, 37, 57 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 127 BARS ANALYSED
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