Aquella Solitaria Vaca Cubana · Patricio Rey Y Sus Redonditos De Ricota

105 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 4:10 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
4:10
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 14-16, 22-24 and 38-40, and 5 more places -- 23.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
AQUELLA SOLITARIA VACA CUBANA · BARS 14-15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 9, 25, 33, 41, 52, 57 and 5 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 20 sections: 60 keep time, 12 are fills, 5 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-8.

PART B
PART B
PART B
CHORUS 5
PART B
6 groovesGBEXS20+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Aquella Solitaria Vaca Cubana?

100 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Aquella Solitaria Vaca Cubana hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 4:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 32 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Aquella Solitaria Vaca Cubana?

4 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 9, 25, 33, 41, 52, 57 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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