Just Let Me Breathe · Dream Theater

174 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 5:25 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
174
LENGTH
5:25
DIFFICULTY
83/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-33, 47-49 and 51-53, and 5 more places -- 13.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
JUST LET ME BREATHE · BAR 51
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 30, 34, 38, 42, 43, 44 and 18 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 42-46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

174 bars across 22 sections: 114 keep time, 24 are fills, 2 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 154-167.

PART B
PART G
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART F
CHORUS 4
PART BF
17 groovesIFGBFB+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Just Let Me Breathe?

130 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 Just Let Me Breathe hard to play on drums?

83 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 59 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

174 bars, about 5:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 78 exercises over 28 sittings, about 24 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 Just Let Me Breathe?

14 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 30, 34, 38, 42, 43, 44 and 18 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 174 BARS ANALYSED
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