Ytse Jam (fixed) · dream theater

229 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 6:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ProgressiveMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
229
LENGTH
6:36
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 5% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 103-104, 128-130 and 132, and 5 more places -- 4.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
YTSE JAM (FIXED) · BAR 128
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

26 fills to learn, played 44 times: bars 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 38 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 5-7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

23 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

229 bars across 26 sections: 132 keep time, 44 are fills, 22 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 175-189.

PART L
PART M
PART Z
PART X
PART BM
CHORUS 2
PART CS
OUTRO 2
25 groovesBELMCSBM+20Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ytse Jam (fixed)?

125 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 Ytse Jam (fixed) hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

229 bars, about 6:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 115 exercises over 44 sittings, about 25 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 Ytse Jam (fixed)?

26 fills to learn, played 44 times: bars 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 38 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 229 BARS ANALYSED
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