Endless Sacrifice · Dream Theater

356 bars of 4/4 at a walking 87 BPM, 16:46 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetalUnder 90 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
87 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
356
LENGTH
16:46
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 117-119, 122 and 159-161, and 20 more places -- 10.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 87 BPM
ENDLESS SACRIFICE · BAR 118
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

41 fills to learn, played 84 times: bars 8, 16, 24, 32, 41, 51 and 78 more.

LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

37 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

356 bars across 36 sections: 198 keep time, 84 are fills, 21 are stops and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 141-153.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART BF
19 groovesRBVBFBCE+14Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Endless Sacrifice?

87 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Endless Sacrifice hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

356 bars, about 16:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 135 exercises over 38 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 Endless Sacrifice?

41 fills to learn, played 84 times: bars 8, 16, 24, 32, 41, 51 and 78 more.

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