When It Rains · Paramore

101 bars of 4/4 at 117 BPM, about 3:27 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndiePunk90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
117 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
101
LENGTH
3:27
DIFFICULTY
51/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-33, 35-39 and 59-61, and 3 more places -- 21.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 117 BPM
WHEN IT RAINS · BAR 32
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 12, 30, 50, 58, 66, 78 and 5 more.

LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51
LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

101 bars across 9 sections: 68 keep time, 11 are fills, 6 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 31-46.

PART C
PART F
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART N
OUTRO
6 groovesHFNCS8+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is When It Rains?

117 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 When It Rains hard to play on drums?

51 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

101 bars, about 3:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 8 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 When It Rains?

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 12, 30, 50, 58, 66, 78 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 101 BARS ANALYSED
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