Zoo Station · U2

137 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 4:23 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
137
LENGTH
4:23
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 87% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-23, 25-55 and 57-79, and 2 more places -- 86.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 125 BPM
ZOO STATION · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 16, 24, 56, 80, 108 and 136.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 136 · LANDS ON BAR 137
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

137 bars across 4 sections: 123 keep time, 6 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 25-55.

OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesECAS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Zoo Station?

125 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 Zoo Station hard to play on drums?

40 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 22 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

137 bars, about 4:23 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Zoo Station?

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 16, 24, 56, 80, 108 and 136.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 137 BARS ANALYSED
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