Reckoner · Radiohead

126 bars of 4/4 at a walking 104 BPM, 4:49 of playing, on ride, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
104 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
126
LENGTH
4:49
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 59% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11, 13 and 16, and 17 more places -- 58.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 104 BPM
RECKONER · BAR 40
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

126 bars across 6 sections: 98 keep time and 24 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 88-126.

PART C
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
BREAK
OUTRO
4 groovesES5CDFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Reckoner?

104 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 Reckoner hard to play on drums?

54 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

126 bars, about 4:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 5 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

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