NYC · Interpol

161 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 4:26 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndiePop120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
161
LENGTH
4:26
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 81-94, 97-99 and 101-103, and 2 more places -- 17.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
NYC · BARS 81-82
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 36, 48, 52, 80 and 112.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 112 · LANDS ON BAR 113
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

161 bars across 7 sections: 126 keep time, 5 are fills, 7 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 81-111.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART G
PART K
PART N
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesBNTGS1+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is NYC?

145 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 NYC hard to play on drums?

53 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 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

161 bars, about 4:26 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 7 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 NYC?

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 36, 48, 52, 80 and 112.

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