La Gata Bajo la Lluvia · Rocío Dúrcal

80 bars of 4/4 at a walking 88 BPM, 3:38 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
88 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
80
LENGTH
3:38
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 78% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-28, 30-32 and 41-64, and 2 more places -- 77.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 88 BPM
LA GATA BAJO LA LLUVIA · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 29, 38, 39, 65 and 73.

LOOP · 88 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 88 BPM
BARS 38-39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 88 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66
LOOP · 88 BPM
BAR 73 · LANDS ON BAR 74
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

80 bars across 6 sections: 65 keep time, 5 are fills, 1 is a stop and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 41-64.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
BREAK
OUTRO
5 groovesCBS1S4S5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is La Gata Bajo la Lluvia?

88 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 La Gata Bajo la Lluvia hard to play on drums?

40 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 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

80 bars, about 3:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 4 sittings, about 23 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 La Gata Bajo la Lluvia?

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 29, 38, 39, 65 and 73.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 80 BARS ANALYSED
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