Through The Looking Glass (Pts. I, Ii, Iii) · Symphony X

325 bars of 6/4 -- not four -- at 132 BPM, 12:28 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalProgressive120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
6/4
BARS
325
LENGTH
12:28
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 36-37, 96 and 98, and 4 more places -- 8.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 132 BPM
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (PTS. I, II, III) · BAR 36
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

32 fills to learn, played 51 times: bars 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 45 more.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36
LOOP · 132 BPM
BARS 39-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

29 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

325 bars across 29 sections: 126 keep time, 51 are fills, 5 are stops and 112 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 237-248.

PART X
PART BL
PART S17
OUTRO 2
22 groovesS29S17PXBL+17Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Through The Looking Glass (Pts. I, Ii, Iii)?

132 BPM, in 6/4, 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 Through The Looking Glass (Pts. I, Ii, Iii) 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 47 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

325 bars, about 12:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 107 exercises over 32 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Through The Looking Glass (Pts. I, Ii, Iii)?

32 fills to learn, played 51 times: bars 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 45 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 325 BARS ANALYSED
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