Creep by Radiohead · Misc Covers

88 bars of 4/4 at a walking 96 BPM, 3:40 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieElectronic90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
96 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
88
LENGTH
3:40
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 60% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-22, 26-31 and 33-46, and 7 more places -- 60.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 96 BPM
CREEP BY RADIOHEAD · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 56, 63 and 64.

LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57
LOOP · 96 BPM
BARS 63-64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

88 bars across 3 sections: 77 keep time, 3 are fills and 5 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-31.

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

Questions

What BPM is Creep by Radiohead?

96 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 Creep by Radiohead 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 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

88 bars, about 3:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 5 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Creep by Radiohead?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 56, 63 and 64.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 88 BARS ANALYSED
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