El 38 · Divididos

90 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 2:24 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Rock150 BPM and upFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
90
LENGTH
2:24
DIFFICULTY
46/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 60% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15-21, 23-38 and 43-57, and 1 more place -- 60% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 150 BPM
EL 38 · BAR 16
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 14, 22, 42, 58, 82, 83 and 6 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 82-89 · LANDS ON BAR 90 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

90 bars across 5 sections: 73 keep time, 12 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 23-38.

PART A
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesCEAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is El 38?

150 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 El 38 hard to play on drums?

46 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

90 bars, about 2:24 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 El 38?

3 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 14, 22, 42, 58, 82, 83 and 6 more.

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