I Think I Like When It Rains · WILLIS

139 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 4:28 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
139
LENGTH
4:28
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 73% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4-5, 8 and 10, and 23 more places -- 73% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 125 BPM
I THINK I LIKE WHEN IT RAINS · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 97 and 98.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 97-98 · LANDS ON BAR 99 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

139 bars across 3 sections: 124 keep time, 2 are fills, 9 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 52-96.

OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesCBAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is I Think I Like When It Rains?

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 I Think I Like When It Rains hard to play on drums?

39 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 20 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

139 bars, about 4:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 I Think I Like When It Rains?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 97 and 98.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 139 BARS ANALYSED
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