Macumba's Groove · Alternative Competition 5

21 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 0:42 of playing, on crash, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
21
LENGTH
0:42
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 81% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-19 -- 81% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
MACUMBA'S GROOVE · BAR 3
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 20.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

21 bars: 19 keep time, 1 is a fill and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-19.

OUTRO
1 grooveBFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Macumba's Groove?

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 Macumba's Groove hard to play on drums?

44 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 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

21 bars, about 0:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 19 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Macumba's Groove?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 20.

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