DRUMY
As I Am drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
As I Am by Dream Theater is 100 BPM and runs 7:33: 243 bars and 2,790 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, crash, snare, ride, tom 2, floor tom and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 5 fills, its longest section is the Guitar solo (5:23) (0:44) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro (Six Degrees ending)
- Guitar intro
- Heavy intro
- Main riff
- Pre-Verse
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Main riff
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Guitar solo (5:23)
- Drum solo
- Chorus
- Outro
- Ending (7:19)
How to play As I Am on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of As I Am come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Chorus at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 100 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your As I Am drum cover.
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