DRUMY
Read Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Eternity as drum notation
Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Eternity drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Eternity by Dream Theater is 106 BPM and runs 6:00: 234 bars and 3,302 notes played on the kick, snare, hi-hat, crash, ride, tom 1, floor tom and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.
It has 9 fills, its longest section is the Triplet Based Rhythm (1:30) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Metropolis Rhythm
- Main Theme
- Guitar Riff
- +1 Beat Transition
- Main Theme
- Piano Break
- -1 Beat Transition
- Bass Break
- Metropolis
- Metropolis Metric Modulation
- Djenty Riff
- High Djent Riff
- Fatal Tragedy Unison
- Unison 2 (This segment is all picked)
- Ragtime Solo
- Unison 3
- Bass Solo
- Build Up
- Crazy Unisons
- Climax
- Metropolis Rise
- Metropolis Fall
- Main Theme Reprise
- Triplet Based Rhythm
How to play Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Eternity on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Eternity 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 35 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 106 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Eternity drum cover.
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