Fake Plastic Trees (Album Version) · Radiohead

67 bars of 4/4 at a walking 77 BPM, 3:29 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
77 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
67
LENGTH
3:29
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 38% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-27 and 43-59 -- 38.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 77 BPM
FAKE PLASTIC TREES (ALBUM VERSION) · BAR 22
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 12, 20, 28, 36, 40, 42 and 3 more.

LOOP · 77 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 77 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 77 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 77 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

67 bars across 6 sections: 49 keep time, 9 are fills, 2 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 44-59.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART G
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesEBGS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Fake Plastic Trees (Album Version)?

77 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 Fake Plastic Trees (Album Version) hard to play on drums?

39 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how often it moves around the kit the part that decides it. The beat itself is 0 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

67 bars, about 3:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 5 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Fake Plastic Trees (Album Version)?

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 12, 20, 28, 36, 40, 42 and 3 more.

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