Erotomania · Dream Theater

181 bars of 4/4 at 152 BPM, about 5:05 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetal150 BPM and upBeginner
TEMPO
152 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
181
LENGTH
5:05
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-15, 19 and 33-35, and 3 more places -- 7.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 152 BPM
EROTOMANIA · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 18, 24, 32, 38, 44, 57 and 27 more.

LOOP · 152 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 152 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 152 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 152 BPM
BARS 57-58 · LANDS ON BAR 59 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

181 bars across 22 sections: 98 keep time, 33 are fills, 9 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 4-11.

PART K
CHORUS 2
PART Y
PART AX
PART T
PART BQ
BREAK
19 groovesFTAXBQY+14Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Erotomania?

152 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 Erotomania hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

181 bars, about 5:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 85 exercises over 29 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 Erotomania?

17 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 18, 24, 32, 38, 44, 57 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 181 BARS ANALYSED
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