Trilogy Suite Op 5. · Yngwie Malmsteen

275 bars of 4/4 at 151 BPM, about 7:25 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock150 BPM and upAdvanced
TEMPO
151 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
275
LENGTH
7:25
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 29-39, 42-52 and 65-75, and 1 more place -- 19.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 151 BPM
TRILOGY SUITE OP 5. · BAR 29
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 40, 41, 53, 54, 64, 76 and 2 more.

LOOP · 151 BPM
BARS 40-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 151 BPM
BARS 53-54 · LANDS ON BAR 55 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 151 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65
LOOP · 151 BPM
BARS 76-77 · LANDS ON BAR 78 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

275 bars across 16 sections: 189 keep time, 8 are fills, 15 are stops and 47 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 79-109.

PART D
PART F
PART M
PART S8
PART X
CHORUS
11 groovesABFS8MD+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Trilogy Suite Op 5.?

151 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Trilogy Suite Op 5. hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 73 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

275 bars, about 7:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 15 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Trilogy Suite Op 5.?

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 40, 41, 53, 54, 64, 76 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 275 BARS ANALYSED
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