2 + 2 = 5 · Radiohead

98 bars of 4/4 at 149 BPM, about 3:06 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
149 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
3:06
DIFFICULTY
56/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 25% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 27-46 -- 24.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 149 BPM
2 + 2 = 5 · BAR 27
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 66, 76 and 80.

LOOP · 149 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67
LOOP · 149 BPM
BAR 76 · LANDS ON BAR 77 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 7 sections: 71 keep time, 3 are fills, 1 is a stop and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 26-46.

PART G
PART C
CHORUS
PART S
OUTRO
BREAK
7 groovesRSS7VC+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 2 + 2 = 5?

149 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 2 + 2 = 5 hard to play on drums?

56 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 6 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 3:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 10 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 2 + 2 = 5?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 66, 76 and 80.

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