Scene Six: Home · Dream Theater

279 bars of 4/4 at a walking 88 BPM, 12:33 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetalUnder 90 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
88 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
279
LENGTH
12:33
DIFFICULTY
84/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-16, 18-20 and 22-28, and 13 more places -- 16.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 88 BPM
SCENE SIX: HOME · BAR 14
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

31 fills to learn, played 47 times: bars 21, 29, 48, 49, 59, 60 and 41 more.

LOOP · 88 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22
LOOP · 88 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 88 BPM
BARS 48-49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 88 BPM
BARS 59-60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

27 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

279 bars across 37 sections: 173 keep time, 47 are fills, 2 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-15.

CHORUS 8
24 groovesECABWAH+19Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Scene Six: Home?

88 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 Six: Home hard to play on drums?

84 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

279 bars, about 12:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 130 exercises over 42 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 Scene Six: Home?

31 fills to learn, played 47 times: bars 21, 29, 48, 49, 59, 60 and 41 more.

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