Τhε Μaνtangο ΧΙ · Nτoukου Nτoukου Πa Πa

249 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 8:18 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
249
LENGTH
8:18
DIFFICULTY
62/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 44-45, 48-49 and 52-53, and 13 more places -- 13.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
ΤHΕ ΜAΝTANGΟ ΧΙ · BAR 44
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 63, 71, 85, 88, 107, 119 and 5 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 63 · LANDS ON BAR 64 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 85 · LANDS ON BAR 86 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 248 · LANDS ON BAR 249
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

249 bars across 21 sections: 172 keep time, 12 are fills, 32 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 166-181.

PART A
PART A
CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART S
PART A
PART Y
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
12 groovesMALYS+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Τhε Μaνtangο ΧΙ?

120 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 Τhε Μaνtangο ΧΙ hard to play on drums?

62 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 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

249 bars, about 8:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 47 exercises over 14 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Τhε Μaνtangο ΧΙ?

3 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 63, 71, 85, 88, 107, 119 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 249 BARS ANALYSED
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