The Count of Tuscany · Dream Theater

462 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 98 BPM, 17:07 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetal90 to 119 BPMShuffle / tripletAdvanced
TEMPO
98 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
462
LENGTH
17:07
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 45, 199 and 201, and 19 more places -- 9.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 98 BPM
THE COUNT OF TUSCANY · BAR 45
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

56 fills to learn, played 126 times: bars 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 120 more.

LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17

52 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

462 bars across 28 sections: 172 keep time, 126 are fills, 15 are stops and 116 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 89-96.

PART S
PART AQ
CHORUS
PART X
21 groovesS23XAQSD+16Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Count of Tuscany?

98 BPM, in 3/4, 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 The Count of Tuscany hard to play on drums?

85 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?

462 bars, about 17:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 140 exercises over 49 sittings, about 26 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 The Count of Tuscany?

56 fills to learn, played 126 times: bars 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 120 more.

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