DRUMY
The Glass Prison drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
The Glass Prison by Dream Theater is 103 BPM and runs 13:51: 412 bars and 6,939 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, hi-hat, tom 2, ride, tom 1 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.
It has 6 fills, its longest section is the III. Revelation (4:13) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- I. Reflection
- Intro
- Riff 1
- Riff 2
- Riff 3
- Interlude
- Verse 1
- Main Riff
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Re-Intro
- II. Restoration
- Verse 1
- Interlude
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Main Riff
- Verse 3
- Interlude
- Verse 4
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- III. Revelation
How to play The Glass Prison on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of The Glass Prison come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Main Riff at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 103 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your The Glass Prison drum cover.
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