Caught In A Web · Dream Theater

153 bars of 4/4 at a walking 107 BPM, 5:29 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
107 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
153
LENGTH
5:29
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-28, 31 and 33, and 5 more places -- 17.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 107 BPM
CAUGHT IN A WEB · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

24 fills to learn, played 54 times: bars 17, 18, 20, 24, 32, 36 and 48 more.

LOOP · 107 BPM
BARS 17-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33

20 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

153 bars across 18 sections: 81 keep time, 54 are fills and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 109-118.

PART A
PART C
CHORUS
PART K
PART Q
PART T
PART K
CHORUS 3
PART AK
PART AO
CHORUS 4
PART K
PART AV
12 groovesGKAAOAV+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Caught In A Web?

107 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 Caught In A Web hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 47 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

153 bars, about 5:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 70 exercises over 21 sittings, about 26 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 Caught In A Web?

24 fills to learn, played 54 times: bars 17, 18, 20, 24, 32, 36 and 48 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 153 BARS ANALYSED
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