DRUMY
The Mirror drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
The Mirror by Dream Theater is 82 BPM and runs 6:49: 205 bars and 2,783 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, crash, ride, tom 2, tom 1 and floor tom.
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 (0:01) (0:59) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro (0:01)
- Pre-Verse Melody (0:59)
- Verse 1 (1:24)
- Bridge 1 (1:58)
- Verse 2 (2:26)
- Chorus (2:59)
- Interlude (3:21)
- Verse 3 (3:44)
- Bridge 2 (4:31)
- Chorus (4:53)
- "Space-Dye Vest" Melody (5:16)
- Bass Interlude (5:31)
- Outro (6:16)
- End (6:49)
How to play The Mirror on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of The Mirror 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 107 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 82 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your The Mirror drum cover.
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