Down Is The New Up · Radiohead

130 bars of 4/4 at a walking 105 BPM, 4:57 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
130
LENGTH
4:57
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 25% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 35, 37 and 41, and 26 more places -- 24.6% 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 · BAR 37
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 60, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 and 5 more.

LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61
LOOP · 105 BPM
BARS 81-90 · LANDS ON BAR 91 · PLAYED 10 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

130 bars across 10 sections: 96 keep time, 11 are fills and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 91-117.

PART B
BREAK
PART D
CHORUS
PART D
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesLDJS2B+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Down Is The New Up?

105 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 69 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

130 bars, about 4:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Down Is The New Up?

2 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 60, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 and 5 more.

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