Down Is The New Up (AI) · Radiohead

131 bars of 4/4 at a walking 105 BPM, 4:59 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
131
LENGTH
4:59
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 1-8, 21 and 23, and 9 more places -- 21.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 105 BPM
DOWN IS THE NEW UP (AI) · BARS 1-2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 33, 34, 60, 86, 90, 92 and 1 more.

LOOP · 105 BPM
BARS 33-34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 86 · LANDS ON BAR 87
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 92 · LANDS ON BAR 93

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

131 bars across 13 sections: 97 keep time, 7 are fills and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 93-115.

CHORUS
BREAK
CHORUS 2
PART E
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
PART E
CHORUS 5
7 groovesAES2LO+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Down Is The New Up (AI)?

105 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 Down Is The New Up (AI) hard to play on drums?

60 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 50 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

131 bars, about 4:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 12 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Down Is The New Up (AI)?

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 33, 34, 60, 86, 90, 92 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 131 BARS ANALYSED
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