How I Fall Apart – Currents drums: play-along

How I Fall Apart drums: tempo, difficulty and parts

How I Fall Apart by Currents is 162 BPM and runs 4:10: 225 bars and 1,334 notes played on the kick, crash, snare, hi-hat, floor tom and tom 2.

The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.

The first fill worth practising comes at 0:10, its longest section is the [C] (0:28) Verse (0:55) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.

Song map

0:02[A] (0:02) Intro
0:11[B] (0:11)
0:29[C] (0:28) Verse
1:24[B] (1:24) Chorus
1:42[D] (1:42) Verse
2:00[E] (1:59)
2:22[B] (2:17) Chorus
2:40(2:35) Solo
2:58[C] (2:53)
3:16(3:11) Verse
3:42[B] (3:37) Chorus

How I Fall Apart drum beats and fills

The beats and fills worth practising in How I Fall Apart, found in DRUMY’s drum chart: the ones to learn first, not every one in the song. Each beat is listed where it first comes in, with how many bars of its section play it; a fill marked ×2 or more comes round again later, the same or nearly the same.

Beats

(0:11) beat0:11bar 117 bars
(0:28) Verse beat0:48bar 448 bars
(1:42) Verse beat1:42bar 935 bars
(1:59) beat2:02bar 1116 bars
(3:37) Chorus beat3:51bar 2097 bars

Fills

Fill into (0:11)0:10bar 10
Fill into (0:28) Verse0:28bar 26
Fill at bar 420:46bar 42×2
Fill into (1:42) Verse1:41bar 92×3
Fill into (2:53)2:57bar 160
Fill into (3:37) Chorus3:41bar 200

Learn them in the Trainer

The Trainer teaches How I Fall Apart a part at a time, then the joins between the parts, every step starting at 70% of full speed.

How to play How I Fall Apart on drums

Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
Press play. The notes of How I Fall Apart come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
Slow it down. Take the Fill into (3:37) Chorus at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 162 BPM.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your How I Fall Apart drum cover.

Play How I Fall Apart on your kit

How I Fall Apart on drums: questions

How hard is How I Fall Apart on drums?

How I Fall Apart by Currents is rated hard in the song library: 1,334 notes over 225 bars at 162 BPM. Start it at 0.5× or 0.75×, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What BPM is How I Fall Apart?

How I Fall Apart plays at about 162 BPM and runs 4:10.

Where are the drum fills in How I Fall Apart?

The fills worth practising in How I Fall Apart come at 0:10 (Fill into (0:11)), 0:28 (Fill into (0:28) Verse), 0:46 (Fill at bar 42, played twice), 1:41 (Fill into (1:42) Verse, played 3 times), 2:57 (Fill into (2:53)) and 3:41 (Fill into (3:37) Chorus). These are the ones DRUMY's drum chart picks out to learn first, not every fill in the song.

Can I play How I Fall Apart on drums without the drums in the song?

Play it along with the full recording, or turn the backing off and play to the click.

Can I learn How I Fall Apart step by step?

Yes. DRUMY's Trainer turns How I Fall Apart into a course: its beats, fills and joins one at a time. Each step starts at 70% of full speed, moves up after two times round at 90% or better, and slows to as low as 50% if it needs to. Learning the hands and the kick separately is an option.