...Like Clockwork · Queens Of The Stone Age

45 bars, 3:28, at 56 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

RockAlternative / IndieUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
56 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
45
LENGTH
3:28
DIFFICULTY
62/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 24, 27 and 32-33, and 3 more places -- 18.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 56 BPM
...LIKE CLOCKWORK · BAR 33
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 19 and 20.

LOOP · 56 BPM
BARS 19-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

45 bars across 7 sections: 29 keep time, 2 are fills, 1 is a stop and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 35-42.

COUNT-IN
PART F
CHORUS
PART N
PART Q
OUTRO
BREAK
7 groovesHOFQN+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is ...Like Clockwork?

56 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is ...Like Clockwork hard to play on drums?

62 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 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

45 bars, about 3:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 6 sittings, about 25 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 ...Like Clockwork?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 19 and 20.

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