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Videotape (Bonnaroo version) · Radiohead

EXERCISE 12 OF 31
Groove K
41 / 71 BARS COVERED
0 / 31 PASSED · 2 BARS LIT · IN THE PART M, CHORUS 2
COUNT-IN
PART C
PART H
CHORUS
PART M
CHORUS 2
BREAK
7 groovesIMCHS1+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 12
FILL · 2
LAND · 2
RUN · 2
JOIN · 5
LINK · 2
SECTION · 5
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play Videotape (Bonnaroo version) on drums

71 bars, 4:03, at 70 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

59 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat.

TEMPO
70 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
71
LENGTH
4:03
DIFFICULTY
59/100

silence through bars 1-6, hi-hat through bars 7-8, snare through bars 9-11, toms through bars 12-18, kick and crashes through bars 19-20 and hi-hat through bars 21-47, and 4 more changes after that.

The beat

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-42 -- 19% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

    31
    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HH |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
SD |--x---x---x---xx|
BD |x--x-x-x-x-x-x--|
Videotape (Bonnaroo version) -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

2 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 and 5 more.

What the course does

It cuts the song into 28 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- M -- 1 exercise, about 17 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- I, D -- 3 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  3. Through Part C and Part H -- 4 exercises, about 26 minutes.
  4. Through Part H and the Chorus -- 3 exercises, about 19 minutes.
  5. Through the Chorus and Part M -- 2 exercises, about 18 minutes. Open above.
  6. Through the Chorus and Part M -- 2 exercises, about 21 minutes.
  7. Through Part M and the Chorus 2 -- 3 exercises, about 25 minutes.
  8. Through the Chorus 2 -- 2 exercises, about 26 minutes.
  9. and 3 more sittings after that.
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Questions

What BPM is Videotape (Bonnaroo version)?

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

Is Videotape (Bonnaroo version) hard to play on drums?

59 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

71 bars, about 4:03 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 11 sittings, about 24 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 Videotape (Bonnaroo version)?

2 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 71 BARS ANALYSED