A mano a mano · Rino Gaetano

63 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 2:48 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
63
LENGTH
2:48
DIFFICULTY
31/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 71% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 20-61 -- 71.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 90 BPM
A MANO A MANO · BAR 23
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 62 and 63.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 62-63 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

63 bars across 3 sections: 56 keep time, 2 are fills and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 21-61.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesCBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A mano a mano?

90 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 A mano a mano hard to play on drums?

31 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

63 bars, about 2:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 2 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in A mano a mano?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 62 and 63.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 63 BARS ANALYSED
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