Pray for Rain. · Polaris

134 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 4:39 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
134
LENGTH
4:39
DIFFICULTY
69/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 61-63, 65 and 67, and 2 more places -- 10.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 115 BPM
PRAY FOR RAIN. · BAR 61
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 62 times: bars 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26 and 56 more.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 24-38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 15 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43
LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 46-52 · LANDS ON BAR 53 · PLAYED 7 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

134 bars across 12 sections: 28 keep time, 62 are fills and 32 are silent.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART P
PART AD
PART AK
PART AZ
PART S9
PART BG
OUTRO
10 groovesBPS9ADAK+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Pray for Rain.?

115 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 Pray for Rain. hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

134 bars, about 4:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 16 sittings, about 26 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 Pray for Rain.?

16 fills to learn, played 62 times: bars 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26 and 56 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 134 BARS ANALYSED
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