Por la boca vive el pez · Fito & Fitipaldis

161 bars of 4/4 at 151 BPM, about 4:16 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
151 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
161
LENGTH
4:16
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 40% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-12, 26-30 and 43-66, and 3 more places -- 40% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 151 BPM
POR LA BOCA VIVE EL PEZ · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 98, 105 and 106.

LOOP · 151 BPM
BAR 98 · LANDS ON BAR 99
LOOP · 151 BPM
BARS 105-106 · LANDS ON BAR 107 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

161 bars across 18 sections: 129 keep time, 3 are fills, 11 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 44-66.

CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 3
PART D
PART A
CHORUS 5
OUTRO 2
7 groovesBDFCA+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Por la boca vive el pez?

151 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 Por la boca vive el pez hard to play on drums?

49 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

161 bars, about 4:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 9 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Por la boca vive el pez?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 98, 105 and 106.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 161 BARS ANALYSED
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