Paralyzed · Dream Theater

87 bars of 4/4 at a walking 82 BPM, 4:15 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ProgressiveUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
82 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
87
LENGTH
4:15
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-26, 29 and 41-42, and 5 more places -- 13.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 82 BPM
PARALYZED · BAR 29
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24 and 21 more.

LOOP · 82 BPM
BARS 16-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 82 BPM
BARS 21-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

87 bars across 10 sections: 44 keep time, 27 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-11.

PART B
PART I
PART M
CHORUS
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART R
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesUMRBAT+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Paralyzed?

82 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 Paralyzed hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

87 bars, about 4:15 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 14 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Paralyzed?

16 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24 and 21 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 87 BARS ANALYSED
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