Creep · GLASS TIDES

89 bars of 4/4 at a walking 94 BPM, 3:47 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
89
LENGTH
3:47
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 35% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-27, 29 and 31, and 11 more places -- 35.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 94 BPM
CREEP · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 24, 28, 32, 48, 52, 56 and 3 more.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

89 bars across 5 sections: 59 keep time, 9 are fills, 5 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 33-47.

COUNT-IN
PART C
CHORUS
BREAK
OUTRO
4 groovesECS1S4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Creep?

94 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 hard to play on drums?

42 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 20 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

89 bars, about 3:47 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 4 sittings, about 27 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 Creep?

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 24, 28, 32, 48, 52, 56 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 89 BARS ANALYSED
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