Decode (DropD) · Paramore

165 bars at 164 BPM -- fast, and 4:01 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndiePunk150 BPM and up
TEMPO
164 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
165
LENGTH
4:01
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25, 27 and 29-30, and 7 more places -- 19.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 164 BPM
DECODE (DROPD) · BAR 126
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 16, 24, 26, 28, 31, 32 and 25 more.

LOOP · 164 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 164 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 164 BPM
BARS 31-32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 164 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

14 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

165 bars across 9 sections: 56 keep time, 31 are fills, 64 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 48-56.

PART D
CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesKFDAES1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Decode (DropD)?

164 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. At that speed the sixteenth notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is Decode (DropD) 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 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

165 bars, about 4:01 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 10 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Decode (DropD)?

18 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 16, 24, 26, 28, 31, 32 and 25 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 165 BARS ANALYSED
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