Óculos · Paralamas Do Sucesso

83 bars of 4/4 at a walking 91 BPM, 3:39 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
91 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
83
LENGTH
3:39
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-21, 23-24 and 31-33, and 2 more places -- 15.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 91 BPM
ÓCULOS · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 14, 26, 42, 46, 50, 51 and 7 more.

LOOP · 91 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 91 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27
LOOP · 91 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43
LOOP · 91 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

83 bars across 6 sections: 63 keep time, 13 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-41.

PART A
PART B
CHORUS
PART G
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesJABGBA+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Óculos?

91 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 Óculos hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

83 bars, about 3:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 12 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Óculos?

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 14, 26, 42, 46, 50, 51 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 83 BARS ANALYSED
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