Scene Three: II. Fatal Tragedy · Dream Theater

239 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 8:40 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
239
LENGTH
8:40
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 167-169, 174-175 and 179-180, and 5 more places -- 8.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 108 BPM
SCENE THREE: II. FATAL TRAGEDY · BAR 168
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 51 times: bars 20, 31, 42, 50, 54, 80 and 45 more.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51

16 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

239 bars across 31 sections: 115 keep time, 51 are fills, 20 are stops and 27 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 33-41.

COUNT-IN
PART E
PART N
PART AQ
PART AX
CHORUS
PART BG
27 groovesBHBGENS1+22Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Scene Three: II. Fatal Tragedy?

108 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Three: II. Fatal Tragedy hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

239 bars, about 8:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 97 exercises over 26 sittings, about 28 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 Three: II. Fatal Tragedy?

20 fills to learn, played 51 times: bars 20, 31, 42, 50, 54, 80 and 45 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 239 BARS ANALYSED
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