Requiem For A Dream · Requiem

219 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 7:18 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
219
LENGTH
7:18
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4, 20 and 28, and 6 more places -- 9.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM · BAR 67
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 24, 32, 39, 47, 75, 78 and 9 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 75 · LANDS ON BAR 76 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 116 · LANDS ON BAR 117 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

219 bars across 20 sections: 153 keep time, 15 are fills, 19 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 165-183.

PART H
PART L
CHORUS
PART AP
PART BB
PART BE
OUTRO 2
16 groovesCLBBAPD+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Requiem For A Dream?

120 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 Requiem For A Dream hard to play on drums?

85 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

219 bars, about 7:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 85 exercises over 34 sittings, about 25 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 Requiem For A Dream?

7 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 24, 32, 39, 47, 75, 78 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 219 BARS ANALYSED
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