In the Presence of Enemies · Dream Theater

659 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 95 BPM, 25:03 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetalcore / Hardcore90 to 119 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
659
LENGTH
25:03
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 123, 125 and 127, and 23 more places -- 7.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 95 BPM
IN THE PRESENCE OF ENEMIES · BAR 199
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

61 fills to learn, played 171 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 15, 16 and 165 more.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26

59 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

659 bars across 70 sections: 334 keep time, 171 are fills, 23 are stops and 43 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 184-201.

41 groovesBCCTAFS21Q+36Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In the Presence of Enemies?

95 BPM, in 3/4, 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 In the Presence of Enemies hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

659 bars, about 25:03 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 227 exercises over 74 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 In the Presence of Enemies?

61 fills to learn, played 171 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 15, 16 and 165 more.

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