Lie (7 String) · Dream Theater

160 bars of 4/4 at a walking 96 BPM, 6:18 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
96 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
160
LENGTH
6:18
DIFFICULTY
83/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 6% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-11, 13-14 and 21-23, and 1 more place -- 6.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 96 BPM
LIE (7 STRING) · BAR 10
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 16, 28, 32, 35, 36, 39 and 37 more.

LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 96 BPM
BARS 35-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

160 bars across 22 sections: 93 keep time, 43 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-27.

CHORUS
PART L
PART O
PART U
PART AD
PART AR
PART BA
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
20 groovesCOADBCL+15Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Lie (7 String)?

96 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 Lie (7 String) 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 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

160 bars, about 6:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 89 exercises over 31 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 Lie (7 String)?

16 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 16, 28, 32, 35, 36, 39 and 37 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 160 BARS ANALYSED
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