Bloom (Live From Basement) · Radiohead

217 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 5:59 of playing, on high tom, mid tom, floor tom and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieElectronic120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
217
LENGTH
5:59
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-141 and 144-217 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BLOOM (LIVE FROM BASEMENT) · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

217 bars across 3 sections: 215 keep time and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-141.

CHORUS
OUTRO
2 groovesAS2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bloom (Live From Basement)?

145 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 Bloom (Live From Basement) hard to play on drums?

44 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how many notes a second it asks for the part that decides it. The beat itself is 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

217 bars, about 5:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 18 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

high tom, mid tom, floor tom and hi-hat foot. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

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