Amado De Mi Alma · Alex Márquez

400 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 11:50 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
400
LENGTH
11:50
DIFFICULTY
33/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 95, 100-101 and 103, and 23 more places -- 13.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
AMADO DE MI ALMA · BAR 103
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 67 times: bars 81, 99, 115, 123, 127, 128 and 61 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82 · PLAYED 9 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 99 · LANDS ON BAR 100
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 115 · LANDS ON BAR 116
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 123 · LANDS ON BAR 124 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

16 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

400 bars across 34 sections: 122 keep time, 67 are fills, 73 are stops and 113 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 66-77.

PART S4
CHORUS
PART S25
PART P
18 groovesHBS25GP+13Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Amado De Mi Alma?

135 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 Amado De Mi Alma hard to play on drums?

33 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 32 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

400 bars, about 11:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 79 exercises over 19 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Amado De Mi Alma?

20 fills to learn, played 67 times: bars 81, 99, 115, 123, 127, 128 and 61 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 400 BARS ANALYSED
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