Identikit · Radiohead

84 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 2:14 of playing, on snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieElectronic150 BPM and upFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
84
LENGTH
2:14
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 93% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-83 -- 92.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 150 BPM
IDENTIKIT · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 84.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 84
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

84 bars across 2 sections: 81 keep time and 1 is a fill. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 7-83.

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

Questions

What BPM is Identikit?

150 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 Identikit hard to play on drums?

54 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 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

84 bars, about 2:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 2 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Identikit?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 84.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 84 BARS ANALYSED
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