This Dying Soul · Dream Theater

354 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 10:41 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetal150 BPM and upBeginner
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
354
LENGTH
10:41
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-20, 22-24 and 107-109, and 5 more places -- 7.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
THIS DYING SOUL · BAR 18
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

38 fills to learn, played 92 times: bars 7, 9, 11, 17, 21, 25 and 86 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

34 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

354 bars across 31 sections: 169 keep time, 92 are fills, 7 are stops and 48 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 90-96.

CHORUS 2
PART BF
PART DB
BREAK
21 groovesS31XHOBF+16Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is This Dying Soul?

150 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 This Dying Soul hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is 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?

354 bars, about 10:41 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 136 exercises over 47 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 This Dying Soul?

38 fills to learn, played 92 times: bars 7, 9, 11, 17, 21, 25 and 86 more.

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