20 de enero · LA OREJA DE VAN GOGH

131 bars of 4/4 at 144 BPM, about 3:38 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Pop120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
144 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
131
LENGTH
3:38
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 74% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-34, 43-56 and 59-72, and 3 more places -- 73.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 144 BPM
20 DE ENERO · BAR 20
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 42, 58, 82, 98, 114 and 130.

LOOP · 144 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 144 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59
LOOP · 144 BPM
BAR 130 · LANDS ON BAR 131
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

131 bars across 8 sections: 93 keep time, 6 are fills, 8 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 19-34.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
4 groovesBS1CDFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 20 de enero?

144 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 20 de enero hard to play on drums?

44 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 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

131 bars, about 3:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 4 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in 20 de enero?

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 42, 58, 82, 98, 114 and 130.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 131 BARS ANALYSED
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