The Ministry of Lost Souls · Dream Theater

371 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 21:35 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetalUnder 90 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
371
LENGTH
21:35
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-3, 5-7 and 9-11, and 18 more places -- 16.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 80 BPM
THE MINISTRY OF LOST SOULS · BAR 1
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

30 fills to learn, played 44 times: bars 17, 48, 66, 68, 77, 95 and 38 more.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

26 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

371 bars across 32 sections: 173 keep time, 44 are fills, 38 are stops and 76 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 225-238.

CHORUS 3
PART DF
BREAK
24 groovesS32LABLDF+19Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Ministry of Lost Souls?

80 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 The Ministry of Lost Souls hard to play on drums?

61 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

371 bars, about 21:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 128 exercises over 34 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 The Ministry of Lost Souls?

30 fills to learn, played 44 times: bars 17, 48, 66, 68, 77, 95 and 38 more.

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