DRUMY
A Nightmare To Remember drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
A Nightmare To Remember by Dream Theater is 60 BPM and runs 15:30: 489 bars and 7,765 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, crash, ride, tom 1, tom 2 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the Bridge - Portnoy Vocals (4:40) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Piano Intro
- Intro
- Main Riff
- Verse 1
- Guitar Solo #1 - 2:41
- Verse 2
- Chorus 1 - 3:19
- Instrumental Break
- Verse 3
- Refrain - 4:28
- Acoustic Interlude - 4:57
- Verse 4
- Pre-Chorus - 6:37
- Chorus 2
- Verse 5 - 7:30
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus 3
- Guitar Solo 2 - 8:34
- Keyboard Solo 1
- Guitar Solo 3 - 9:32
- Keyboard Solo 2
- Unison - 10:40
- Interlude - 11:05
- Bridge - Portnoy Vocals
How to play A Nightmare To Remember on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of A Nightmare To Remember come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Guitar Solo #1 - 2:41 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 60 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your A Nightmare To Remember drum cover.
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