12 Days Of Rain · October Tide

218 bars, 13:35, at 64 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

MetalRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
64 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
218
LENGTH
13:35
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-16, 18-32 and 119-121, and 3 more places -- 20.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 64 BPM
12 DAYS OF RAIN · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 48, 54, 92, 110, 126, 184 and 3 more.

LOOP · 64 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49
LOOP · 64 BPM
BAR 54 · LANDS ON BAR 55 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 64 BPM
BAR 92 · LANDS ON BAR 93
LOOP · 64 BPM
BAR 126 · LANDS ON BAR 127

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

218 bars across 18 sections: 145 keep time, 9 are fills, 30 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-32.

CHORUS
PART D
PART K
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART K
PART V
12 groovesBDKVS5+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 12 Days Of Rain?

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

Is 12 Days Of Rain hard to play on drums?

52 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 15 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

218 bars, about 13:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in 12 Days Of Rain?

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 48, 54, 92, 110, 126, 184 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 218 BARS ANALYSED
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