Metropolis, Pt. 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper · Dream Theater

295 bars of 4/4 at a walking 105 BPM, 10:46 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

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TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
295
LENGTH
10:46
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 5% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 35-42, 65-69 and 72, and 1 more place -- 5.1% 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, PT. 1: THE MIRACLE AND THE SLEEPER · BAR 36
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

22 fills to learn, played 48 times: bars 11, 33, 43, 59, 61, 70 and 42 more.

LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 59 · LANDS ON BAR 60 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

18 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

295 bars across 37 sections: 187 keep time, 48 are fills and 9 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-56.

CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
34 groovesMAQDVOBT+29Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Metropolis, Pt. 1: 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, Pt. 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

295 bars, about 10:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 144 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, Pt. 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper?

22 fills to learn, played 48 times: bars 11, 33, 43, 59, 61, 70 and 42 more.

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