Sulk · Radiohead

113 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 63 BPM, 5:23 of playing on crash, ride, snare, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
63 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
113
LENGTH
5:23
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 62% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-3, 5-27 and 29-39, and 5 more places -- 62% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 63 BPM
SULK · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 4, 28, 66, 98 and 106.

LOOP · 63 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 63 BPM
BAR 98 · LANDS ON BAR 99
LOOP · 63 BPM
BAR 106 · LANDS ON BAR 107
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

113 bars across 6 sections: 98 keep time, 5 are fills, 2 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-27.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesAHS2ES4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sulk?

63 BPM, in 3/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Sulk hard to play on drums?

60 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 41 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

113 bars, about 5:23 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 6 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Sulk?

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 4, 28, 66, 98 and 106.

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