These Walls · Dream Theater

211 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 55 BPM, 11:29 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetalUnder 90 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
55 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
211
LENGTH
11:29
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 12-14, 16-18 and 20-22, and 19 more places -- 22.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 55 BPM
THESE WALLS · BAR 12
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

23 fills to learn, played 79 times: bars 15, 19, 23, 28, 29, 30 and 73 more.

LOOP · 55 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 55 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 55 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

20 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

211 bars across 18 sections: 101 keep time, 79 are fills and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 124-130.

CHORUS
PART K
PART U
CHORUS 2
PART AI
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
PART AF
OUTRO 2
11 groovesFAQKAIAB+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is These Walls?

55 BPM, in 3/4, 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 These Walls hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

211 bars, about 11:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 70 exercises over 26 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 These Walls?

23 fills to learn, played 79 times: bars 15, 19, 23, 28, 29, 30 and 73 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 211 BARS ANALYSED
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