The New · Interpol

162 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 5:47 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
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
162
LENGTH
5:47
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-24, 26-28 and 30-32, and 6 more places -- 18% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 112 BPM
THE NEW · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 41, 45, 48, 49, 53, 57 and 8 more.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BARS 48-49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BARS 104-105 · LANDS ON BAR 106 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

162 bars across 16 sections: 98 keep time, 14 are fills, 4 are stops and 34 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 18-32.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART E
PART N
PART A
CHORUS
VERSE
OUTRO 2
14 groovesOES1BN+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The New?

112 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 The New hard to play on drums?

53 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

162 bars, about 5:47 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 11 sittings, about 27 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 The New?

8 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 41, 45, 48, 49, 53, 57 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 162 BARS ANALYSED
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