DRUMY
Pull Me Under drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Pull Me Under by Dream Theater is 102 BPM and runs 8:14: 210 bars and 3,882 notes played on the kick, snare, hi-hat, crash, ride, floor tom, tom 2 and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 8 fills, its longest section is the Intro: (2:00) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro:
- Verse 1:
- Pre-chorus:
- Interlude:
- Verse 2:
- Pre-chorus:
- Chorus 1:
- Interlude:
- Verse 3:
- Pre-chorus:
- Interlude:
- Chorus 2
- Keyboard Solo:
- Guitar Solo:
- Chorus 3:
- Outro:
How to play Pull Me Under on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Pull Me Under 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 79 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 102 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Pull Me Under drum cover.
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