Ella dijo · Estelares

98 bars of 4/4 at a walking 84 BPM, 4:40 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
84 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
4:40
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 87% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-9, 18-24 and 26-41, and 3 more places -- 86.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 84 BPM
ELLA DIJO · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 25, 42, 43, 51 and 75.

LOOP · 84 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 84 BPM
BARS 42-43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 84 BPM
BAR 75 · LANDS ON BAR 76
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 3 sections: 91 keep time and 5 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 52-74.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesACFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ella dijo?

84 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 Ella dijo hard to play on drums?

38 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 22 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 4:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 10 exercises over 2 sittings, about 33 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 Ella dijo?

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 25, 42, 43, 51 and 75.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 98 BARS ANALYSED
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