If Rain is What You Want · Slipknot

176 bars of 4/4 at 127 BPM, about 5:33 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
127 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
176
LENGTH
5:33
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-31, 33-39 and 41-47, and 2 more places -- 23.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 127 BPM
IF RAIN IS WHAT YOU WANT · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 32, 40, 48, 52, 60, 76 and 13 more.

LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

176 bars across 11 sections: 122 keep time, 19 are fills, 18 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 4-21.

PART A
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART H
PART O
PART H
OUTRO
7 groovesCHUAO+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is If Rain is What You Want?

127 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 If Rain is What You Want hard to play on drums?

44 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

176 bars, about 5:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 11 sittings, about 24 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 If Rain is What You Want?

13 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 32, 40, 48, 52, 60, 76 and 13 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 176 BARS ANALYSED
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