Matar A Palos · peeling flesh

88 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 2:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
88
LENGTH
2:34
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 38, 40 and 42, and 5 more places -- 10.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
MATAR A PALOS · BAR 38
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14 and 15 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 5-7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 13-14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

88 bars across 8 sections: 47 keep time, 21 are fills, 7 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 70-79.

CHORUS
PART U
PART AA
PART A
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesEAAUAQ+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Matar A Palos?

130 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Matar A Palos hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

88 bars, about 2:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 11 sittings, about 26 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 Matar A Palos?

8 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 88 BARS ANALYSED
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