Isla de Encanta · Pixies

52 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 1:38 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
52
LENGTH
1:38
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 39% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-5, 13-14 and 33-36, and 4 more places -- 38.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 125 BPM
ISLA DE ENCANTA · BAR 3
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 27, 28, 32 and 37.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 27-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

52 bars across 5 sections: 38 keep time, 6 are fills, 4 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-14.

CHORUS
PART C
OUTRO
4 groovesBCS4S1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Isla de Encanta?

125 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 Isla de Encanta hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 66 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

52 bars, about 1:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 4 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, 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 Isla de Encanta?

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 27, 28, 32 and 37.

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