House of Cards · Radiohead

148 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 5:17 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
148
LENGTH
5:17
DIFFICULTY
35/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 98% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-104 and 107-148 -- 97.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 112 BPM
HOUSE OF CARDS · BAR 5
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

148 bars across 2 sections: 145 keep time and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 4-148.

OUTRO
2 groovesDS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is House of Cards?

112 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 House of Cards hard to play on drums?

35 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

148 bars, about 5:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 20 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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