Scene Two: II. Strange Déjà Vu · Dream Theater

152 bars of 4/4 at 111 BPM, about 5:19 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetal90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
111 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
152
LENGTH
5:19
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 78-82, 84-85 and 87, and 8 more places -- 10.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 111 BPM
SCENE TWO: II. STRANGE DÉJÀ VU · BAR 78
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 46 times: bars 1, 2, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 40 more.

LOOP · 111 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

152 bars across 14 sections: 71 keep time, 46 are fills and 19 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 87-105.

PART C
PART G
PART T
PART V
PART AB
CHORUS
PART BA
PART AB
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesARABGCAL+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Scene Two: II. Strange Déjà Vu?

111 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 Two: II. Strange Déjà Vu hard to play on drums?

71 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?

152 bars, about 5:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 68 exercises over 24 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 Two: II. Strange Déjà Vu?

20 fills to learn, played 46 times: bars 1, 2, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 40 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 152 BARS ANALYSED
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