Van God Los · Monza

123 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 3:47 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

PopAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
123
LENGTH
3:47
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 64% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33-48, 65-86 and 89-123 -- 63.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 130 BPM
VAN GOD LOS · BAR 34
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32 and 6 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 87-88 · LANDS ON BAR 89 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

123 bars across 5 sections: 80 keep time, 12 are fills, 20 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 89-123.

COUNT-IN
PART A
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesFAS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Van God Los?

130 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 Van God Los hard to play on drums?

40 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

123 bars, about 3:47 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 2 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Van God Los?

3 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 123 BARS ANALYSED
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