DRUMY
In the Name of God drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
In the Name of God by Dream Theater is 71 BPM and runs 14:09: 369 bars and 5,656 notes played on the kick, crash, snare, hi-hat, ride, tom 2, tom 1 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the Outro (2:41) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Clean Intro
- Distorted Guitar Enter 0:29
- Verse 1
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus 1 2:33
- Interlude 3:04
- Verse 3
- Chorus 2
- Bridge 4:32
- Chorus 3
- Interlude 5:33
- Verse 6:07
- Verse 7:18
- Pre Instrumental 7:35
- Instrumental Section 8:08
- Unison 8:36
- Keyboard Solo 9:22
- Guitar Solo 9:37
- Final Unison
- Re-Intro
- Final Pre-Chorus
- Final Chorus 11:00
- Outro
How to play In the Name of God on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of In the Name of God come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 83 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 71 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your In the Name of God drum cover.
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