Another Day · Dream Theater

76 bars, 4:19, at 70 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

RockProgressiveUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
70 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
4:19
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 38-40, 42-44 and 54-56, and 1 more place -- 17.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 70 BPM
ANOTHER DAY · BAR 38
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 21, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49 and 7 more.

LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22
LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34
LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

76 bars across 12 sections: 38 keep time, 13 are fills and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 70-76.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART S3
PART E
PART B
CHORUS
PART K
PART N
PART Q
PART N
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesHNS3BQ+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Another Day?

70 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Another Day hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 57 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

76 bars, about 4:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 12 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Another Day?

9 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 21, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49 and 7 more.

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