Handbags and Gladrags · Stereophonics

142 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 4:12 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndiePop120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
142
LENGTH
4:12
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 47% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 29-35, 41-43 and 45-47, and 15 more places -- 47.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 135 BPM
HANDBAGS AND GLADRAGS · BAR 30
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 28, 36, 64, 72, 102, 110 and 1 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

142 bars across 11 sections: 110 keep time, 7 are fills, 11 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-27.

PART A
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART J
5 groovesCAEJS9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Handbags and Gladrags?

135 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 Handbags and Gladrags hard to play on drums?

40 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 18 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

142 bars, about 4:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 21 exercises over 5 sittings, about 27 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 Handbags and Gladrags?

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 28, 36, 64, 72, 102, 110 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 142 BARS ANALYSED
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