Let it rain · Amanda Marshall AI

84 bars, 4:32, at 74 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

PopRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
74 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
84
LENGTH
4:32
DIFFICULTY
37/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 62% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-15, 17-18 and 21-27, and 12 more places -- 62.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 74 BPM
LET IT RAIN · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 12, 16, 19, 28, 36, 42 and 5 more.

LOOP · 74 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 74 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 74 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45
LOOP · 74 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

84 bars across 4 sections: 56 keep time, 11 are fills, 2 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 73-84.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesCS1S3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Let it rain?

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

Is Let it rain hard to play on drums?

37 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 22 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

84 bars, about 4:32 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 4 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Let it rain?

4 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 12, 16, 19, 28, 36, 42 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 84 BARS ANALYSED
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