The Shadow Man Incident (FULL) · Dream Theater

580 bars, 30:16, at 70 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

RockProgressiveUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
70 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
580
LENGTH
30:16
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 78-81, 185 and 187, and 9 more places -- 6.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 70 BPM
THE SHADOW MAN INCIDENT (FULL) · BAR 185
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

52 fills to learn, played 111 times: bars 25, 61, 65, 71, 73, 86 and 105 more.

LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62
LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 86 · LANDS ON BAR 87

48 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

580 bars across 49 sections: 351 keep time, 111 are fills, 38 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 37-60.

PART O
PART AF
PART CQ
27 groovesBAFDWCQ+22Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Shadow Man Incident (FULL)?

70 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is The Shadow Man Incident (FULL) hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

580 bars, about 30:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 191 exercises over 62 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 The Shadow Man Incident (FULL)?

52 fills to learn, played 111 times: bars 25, 61, 65, 71, 73, 86 and 105 more.

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