Videotape · Radiohead

63 bars of 4/4 at a walking 77 BPM, 3:16 of playing, on hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
77 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
63
LENGTH
3:16
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 50-53 and 55-62 -- 20.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 77 BPM
VIDEOTAPE · BAR 50
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

63 bars across 7 sections: 54 keep time and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 51-63.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART C
PART D
PART E
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesGBFCE+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Videotape?

77 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Videotape hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 76 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

63 bars, about 3:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 22 exercises over 8 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

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