In the Presence of Enemies, Pt. 2 · Dream Theater

405 bars of 6/4 -- not four -- at 61 BPM, 33:23 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetalUnder 90 BPMShuffle / tripletAdvanced
TEMPO
61 BPM
TIME
6/4
BARS
405
LENGTH
33:23
DIFFICULTY
57/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 87-89, 95-97 and 103-109, and 18 more places -- 11.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 61 BPM
IN THE PRESENCE OF ENEMIES, PT. 2 · BAR 103
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

22 fills to learn, played 48 times: bars 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32 and 42 more.

LOOP · 61 BPM
BARS 23-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 61 BPM
BARS 26-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 61 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 61 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37

18 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

405 bars across 41 sections: 186 keep time, 48 are fills, 13 are stops and 103 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 104-117.

PART AM
BREAK
25 groovesS41AOAMCHP+20Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In the Presence of Enemies, Pt. 2?

61 BPM, in 6/4, 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 Presence of Enemies, Pt. 2 hard to play on drums?

57 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

405 bars, about 33:23 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 121 exercises over 33 sittings, about 28 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, Pt. 2?

22 fills to learn, played 48 times: bars 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32 and 42 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 405 BARS ANALYSED
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