How To Play Decode by Paramore on Drums

Drummer Zac Farro lays down a great drum part for this track with some nice little fills throughout. He never holds back so you can use this as an excuse to give it some.

Verse
The verse features a one-handed sixteenth note groove with the bass drum following a kind of two bar pattern. Fills appear every fourth bar and there is one thirty second note move between the toms and bass drum in particular that crops up several times throughout the song.

Chorus
The chorus switches to a powerful eighth note groove played on open hi-hats. The snare also moves to the ‘a’ of three and the ‘e’ of four. After the chorus there is a short interlude before the next verse which has some ghost notes that really thicken up the groove.

There is quite a lot to get your head around on this track so be sure to slow down the individual parts before trying to bring them all together.

Now Kill It! DN