Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down · Interpol

177 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 6:06 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
177
LENGTH
6:06
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-25, 27 and 29, and 5 more places -- 23.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 116 BPM
STELLA WAS A DIVER AND SHE WAS ALWAYS DOWN · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 38, 47, 48, 55, 58, 97 and 5 more.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 47-48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 177
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

177 bars across 14 sections: 132 keep time, 11 are fills, 4 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-31.

CHORUS
PART G
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART G
PART J
PART N
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesDGJON+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down?

116 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 Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

177 bars, about 6:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down?

4 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 38, 47, 48, 55, 58, 97 and 5 more.

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