Decode (Official) · Paramore

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

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
164 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
165
LENGTH
4:01
DIFFICULTY
41/100
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 -- 19.2% 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 (OFFICIAL) · BAR 126
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 16, 24, 26, 28, 31, 32 and 23 more.

LOOP · 164 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 164 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 164 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 164 BPM
BARS 31-32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

16 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

165 bars across 11 sections: 49 keep time, 29 are fills, 68 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-15.

PART B
PART K
PART O
PART K
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesFKBAMO+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Decode (Official)?

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 (Official) hard to play on drums?

41 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 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 50 exercises over 12 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, 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 Decode (Official)?

20 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 16, 24, 26, 28, 31, 32 and 23 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 165 BARS ANALYSED
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