Metropolis - Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper" · Dream Theater

306 bars of 4/4 at a walking 105 BPM, 10:49 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRock90 to 119 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
306
LENGTH
10:49
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 5% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 36-43, 66-70 and 73, and 1 more place -- 4.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 105 BPM
METROPOLIS - PART I: "THE MIRACLE AND THE SLEEPER" · BAR 36
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

30 fills to learn, played 80 times: bars 14, 34, 44, 60, 62, 63 and 74 more.

LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61

26 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

306 bars across 37 sections: 160 keep time, 80 are fills, 18 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 46-57.

CHORUS 2
PART DF
OUTRO 2
33 groovesMATBRDZDF+28Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Metropolis - Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper"?

105 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 Metropolis - Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper" hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 66 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

306 bars, about 10:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 147 exercises over 48 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 Metropolis - Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper"?

30 fills to learn, played 80 times: bars 14, 34, 44, 60, 62, 63 and 74 more.

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