In the Name of God · Dream Theater

362 bars, 20:19, at 71 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.

ProgressiveMetalUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
71 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
362
LENGTH
20:19
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 66-72, 74-76 and 78, and 8 more places -- 8.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 71 BPM
IN THE NAME OF GOD · BAR 66
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

24 fills to learn, played 53 times: bars 17, 25, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 47 more.

LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 71 BPM
BARS 45-49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 71 BPM
BARS 58-63 · LANDS ON BAR 64 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

20 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

362 bars across 33 sections: 233 keep time, 53 are fills, 19 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 203-230.

PART AC
PART AU
PART BT
29 groovesACUBTDAU+24Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In the Name of God?

71 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 In the Name of God hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

362 bars, about 20:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 138 exercises over 46 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 In the Name of God?

24 fills to learn, played 53 times: bars 17, 25, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 47 more.

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