Spain
Chick Corea & Return to Forever · 1972
A Latin-fusion standard demanding tight ensemble hits and a driving Latin-jazz feel.
- Artist
- Chick Corea & Return to Forever
- Year
- 1972
- Genre
- fusion
- Drummer
- Airto Moreira
- Tempo
- 140 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- latin
- Difficulty
- advanced
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
84bpm
Building
112bpm
Target
140bpm
The feel
A latin in 4/4 around 140 BPM. It moves — stay relaxed in the hands so you don't tense up and rush.
What to watch
- •Anchor everything to the clave/ostinato; keep it steady while the rest moves.
- •Keep the quarter-note kick relentless and even — it's the engine.
- •Advanced: isolate the single hardest bar and loop it slowly before ever playing along.
How to learn it
Well-known tutorials exist for this one — use the links below, and play along from your own copy.
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