El descarril · Congreso

162 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 115 BPM, 4:47 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
162
LENGTH
4:47
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-24 -- 14.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 115 BPM
EL DESCARRIL · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 33, 38, 40, 41, 42, 65 and 16 more.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39
LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 40-42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

162 bars across 15 sections: 67 keep time, 22 are fills, 8 are stops and 52 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-32.

PART B
PART H
PART P
CHORUS
PART I
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
14 groovesS9BHVP+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is El descarril?

115 BPM, in 3/4, 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 El descarril hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

162 bars, about 4:47 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 51 exercises over 18 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 El descarril?

11 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 33, 38, 40, 41, 42, 65 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 162 BARS ANALYSED
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