Kumbala · La Maldita Vecindad

133 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 4:20 of playing, on crash, hi-hat and snare.

Hip Hop / ReggaeRock120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
133
LENGTH
4:20
DIFFICULTY
22/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 81% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-79 and 104-133 -- 81.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 122 BPM
KUMBALA · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

133 bars across 3 sections: 130 keep time and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-79.

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

Questions

What BPM is Kumbala?

122 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 Kumbala hard to play on drums?

22 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 13 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

133 bars, about 4:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 20 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat and snare. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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