Tv on the radio · DLZ

73 bars of 4/4 at a walking 88 BPM, 3:19 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
88 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
73
LENGTH
3:19
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1, 3 and 9, and 11 more places -- 19.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 88 BPM
TV ON THE RADIO · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 8 times: bars 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 and 2 more.

LOOP · 88 BPM
BARS 50-57 · LANDS ON BAR 58 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

73 bars across 6 sections: 55 keep time and 9 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-33.

CHORUS
PART H
PART M
PART Q
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesAMHPQ+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Tv on the radio?

88 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 Tv on the radio hard to play on drums?

60 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 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

73 bars, about 3:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 12 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Tv on the radio?

1 fill to learn, played 8 times: bars 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 73 BARS ANALYSED
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