Peruvian Skies · Dream Theater

140 bars, 10:48, at 56 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

ProgressiveRockUnder 90 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
56 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
10:48
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 74-76, 78-80 and 108-110, and 3 more places -- 9.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 56 BPM
PERUVIAN SKIES · BAR 74
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 4, 8, 15, 16, 24, 28 and 15 more.

LOOP · 56 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 56 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 56 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 56 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 19 sections: 84 keep time, 21 are fills, 5 are stops and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 32-46.

PART G
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART AG
PART AK
PART AO
PART AW
PART BD
BREAK
17 groovesNFAOGBD+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Peruvian Skies?

56 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Peruvian Skies hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 10:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 75 exercises over 25 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 Peruvian Skies?

17 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 4, 8, 15, 16, 24, 28 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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