Bridges In The Sky · Dream Theater

339 bars of 6/4 -- not four -- at 85 BPM, 21:05 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ProgressiveMetalUnder 90 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
85 BPM
TIME
6/4
BARS
339
LENGTH
21:05
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 88-90, 92 and 94, and 26 more places -- 14.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 85 BPM
BRIDGES IN THE SKY · BAR 88
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

39 fills to learn, played 71 times: bars 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 and 65 more.

LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

36 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

339 bars across 24 sections: 141 keep time, 72 are fills, 7 are stops and 96 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 96-106.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART BR
BREAK 3
17 groovesS24AFPNBR+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bridges In The Sky?

85 BPM, in 6/4, 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 Bridges In The Sky hard to play on drums?

40 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

339 bars, about 21:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 102 exercises over 23 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Bridges In The Sky?

39 fills to learn, played 71 times: bars 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 and 65 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 339 BARS ANALYSED
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