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Santeria

Sublime · 1996

A gateway reggae-rock groove pairing the upstroke skank with a rock backbeat.

Artist
Sublime
Year
1996
Genre
reggae rock
Drummer
Bud Gaugh
Tempo
90 bpm
Time
4/4
Feel
reggae rock skank
Difficulty
beginner

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Practice tempos

Woodshed
54bpm
Building
72bpm
Target
90bpm

The feel

A reggae rock skank in 4/4 around 90 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.

What to watch

  • •Play to a metronome and prize consistency over speed — even time is the whole game.

How to learn it

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