Say Hello To The Angels · Interpol

112 bars of 4/4 at a walking 106 BPM, 4:14 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
106 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
112
LENGTH
4:14
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-21, 23-25 and 27-29, and 8 more places -- 17% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 106 BPM
SAY HELLO TO THE ANGELS · BAR 20
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 34, 35, 52, 60, 68, 76 and 5 more.

LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61
LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

112 bars across 10 sections: 84 keep time, 11 are fills and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 12-29.

COUNT-IN
PART C
PART E
PART M
PART P
PART R
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesVCEDR+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Say Hello To The Angels?

106 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 Say Hello To The Angels hard to play on drums?

76 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?

112 bars, about 4:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 18 sittings, about 23 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 Say Hello To The Angels?

8 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 34, 35, 52, 60, 68, 76 and 5 more.

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