Obstacle 1 · Interpol

125 bars of 4/4 at 123 BPM, about 4:04 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
123 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
125
LENGTH
4:04
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 81-99 -- 16% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 123 BPM
OBSTACLE 1 · BAR 81
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 65 and 10 more.

LOOP · 123 BPM
BARS 35-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BARS 38-40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BARS 69-70 · LANDS ON BAR 71 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 100 · LANDS ON BAR 101

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

125 bars across 10 sections: 92 keep time, 16 are fills and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-26.

PART B
CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesFRBOD+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Obstacle 1?

123 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 Obstacle 1 hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 73 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

125 bars, about 4:04 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 11 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Obstacle 1?

6 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 65 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 125 BARS ANALYSED
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