The Iconic Keys Behind “The Dance of Eternity” by Dream Theater 🔥 (Jordan Rudess Breakdown)
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Published 2024-02-16
🔥 Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:22 The Beginning of "The Dance Of Eternity"
3:32 The Iconic Ragtime Solo
5:08 The Piano/Guitar Solo
5:56 How Does Jordan Rudess Play Through The Tough Parts? - Breathing is important!
6:42 The Unison/3rds Section
7:50 The Weird Section
9:08 The Unison/Time Signature Section
9:52 The Outro
10:45 "The Dance Of Eternity" Transcription
10:56 Jordan’s Performance of "The Dance Of Eternity"
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All Comments (21)
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Cant wait for James LaBrie to break this down too
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"A measure of seven to confuse the listener and, you know, make it progressive"
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Love the fact that Jordan refers to John Petrucci as "The Guitar Player"
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We got Mike on Drumeo breaking it down, and now Jordan? This is amazing!
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As difficult as Dance of Eternity is to play on the instruments, it's actually widely considered one of the easiest Dream Theater songs to sing.
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I would like to point out the intelligence behind his arrangement of the keyboard parts, when it comes to polyphony and pitch range. He is playing in a very dense mix, lots of drums and guitars, so he he is very careful not to use too many voices simultaneously and choose which region he is playing in, to avoid frequency conflicts with the other instruments. Not doing this leads to problematic mixes and intelligibility issues (not being able to understand the instrument parts easily). He is truly a master. Now we need John Petrucci and John Myung explaining their own parts too...
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This guy is 67 years old. It's so crazy. Coordination, memory everything are impeccable. Mangini and Rudess please share your secrets. Both are older than 60 and still vigorous like a young boys.
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It’s ridiculous how this song is top tier for all 4 instruments… And they even play it waay faster live because they get carried away
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I am not musician, so the name of the chapter ,,the weird section" describes 90% of their discography, but I love them. The best band ever.
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The intro of "One Last Time" always plays in my head whenever "The Dance Of Eternity" Ends
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5:39 Gotta love how he tried to show an example of something sounding horrible and still made it sound decent. I love this guy.
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Jordan Rudess Breaks Down "Stream of Consciousness" please! Thanks for this!!
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Not only is Jordan a masterful technician, his sound design and arrangement skills are incredible. This is not normal!
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His hands are insanely fast! It doesn’t even look humanly possible at times.
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That ragtime is pure genius. It propels you in a different time and musical dimension. It's fantastic.
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This dudes keyboard skills are the best I've ever seen! He can octave jump, pitch bend, add and subtract effects all on the fly, while just crushing amazing riffs, and making it all look easy!!
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If you told me this song was playing during the final boss fight of a JRPG from the early 90s I wouldn't doubt it for a second.
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4:52 Juilliard! Of course! Genius!
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Whats super cool is how humble he is. One of the best on the planet at what he does but still feels like he needs to prove himself and show off to his new band mates. Anyone can relate to those security feelings. He could be arrogant and back it all up but he chooses to be confident, sure of his abilities, but humble.
