Decorating For Cinco De Mayo · Kenotia

171 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 4:43 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
171
LENGTH
4:43
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-10, 12-14 and 20, and 13 more places -- 23.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
DECORATING FOR CINCO DE MAYO · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 7, 8, 16, 24, 36, 40 and 15 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

171 bars across 13 sections: 127 keep time, 21 are fills, 5 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 65-77.

PART E
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART R
CHORUS 3
PART Q
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesFERDQ+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Decorating For Cinco De Mayo?

145 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 Decorating For Cinco De Mayo hard to play on drums?

42 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 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

171 bars, about 4:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 47 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 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 Decorating For Cinco De Mayo?

11 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 7, 8, 16, 24, 36, 40 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 171 BARS ANALYSED
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