Scene Nine: Finally Free · Dream Theater

169 bars of 4/4 at a walking 83 BPM, 7:53 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetalUnder 90 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
83 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
169
LENGTH
7:53
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 5% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 121-123, 125 and 127, and 1 more place -- 4.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 83 BPM
SCENE NINE: FINALLY FREE · BARS 121-122
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

25 fills to learn, played 57 times: bars 16, 24, 28, 32, 40, 44 and 51 more.

LOOP · 83 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 83 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 83 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 83 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41

21 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

169 bars across 16 sections: 81 keep time, 57 are fills, 4 are stops and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-12.

PART A
PART F
PART R
PART AN
PART AX
PART BG
PART BQ
OUTRO 2
16 groovesCKBQRBGA+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Scene Nine: Finally Free?

83 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 Scene Nine: Finally Free 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 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

169 bars, about 7:53 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 70 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 Scene Nine: Finally Free?

25 fills to learn, played 57 times: bars 16, 24, 28, 32, 40, 44 and 51 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 169 BARS ANALYSED
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