Radio/Video · System of a Down

138 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 3:57 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalProgressive120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
138
LENGTH
3:57
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 35% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33-48, 57-72 and 81-88, and 2 more places -- 35% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 140 BPM
RADIO/VIDEO · BAR 33
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 135, 137 and 138.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 135 · LANDS ON BAR 136
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 137-138 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

138 bars across 10 sections: 97 keep time, 3 are fills, 6 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 98-119.

COUNT-IN
PART D
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART J
OUTRO
5 groovesGDJS1CFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Radio/Video?

140 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 Radio/Video hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

138 bars, about 3:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 8 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Radio/Video?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 135, 137 and 138.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 138 BARS ANALYSED
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