Midnight Messiah drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Midnight Messiah by Dream Theater is 140 BPM and runs 7:56: 311 bars and 3,544 notes played on the kick, crash, snare, hi-hat, ride, tom 1, tom 2 and floor tom.
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 Intro (1:22) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Main Riff
- Secondary Riff
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Post-Chorus
- Main Riff
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Post-Chorus
- Main Riff
- Bridge
- Guitar Solo
- Unison
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Post-Chorus
- Main Riff
- Ending
How to play Midnight Messiah on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Midnight Messiah 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 132 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 140 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Midnight Messiah drum cover.
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