DRUMY
Panic Attack drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Panic Attack by Dream Theater is 126 BPM and runs 7:16: 267 bars and 4,476 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, hi-hat, ride, tom 2, floor tom and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.
It has 8 fills, its longest section is the Verse 2 (0:46) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Bass Intro
- Intro
- Pre-Verse
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus 1
- Post-Chorus
- Pre-Verse
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus 2
- Refrain
- Interlude
- Instrumental Section 4:38
- Keyboard Solo
- Guitar Solo 5:20
- Unison
- Refrain
- Outro
How to play Panic Attack on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Panic Attack 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 74 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 126 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Panic Attack drum cover.
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