Frijolero (Completo) · Molotov

81 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 3:28 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
3:28
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 26% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7, 11 and 15, and 12 more places -- 26% of every bar the kit plays. That is the spine of it; everything else is what happens around it.

LOOP · 95 BPM
FRIJOLERO (COMPLETO) · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 1, 2, 12, 63 and 72.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 63 · LANDS ON BAR 64 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars across 8 sections: 64 keep time, 5 are fills and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 13-27.

PART D
CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART J
OUTRO
6 groovesFJIDS4+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Frijolero (Completo)?

95 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 Frijolero (Completo) hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

81 bars, about 3:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 10 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Frijolero (Completo)?

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 1, 2, 12, 63 and 72.

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