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Trilogy Suite Op 5. · Yngwie Malmsteen

EXERCISE 1 OF 52
Groove F -- Part F
0 / 275 BARS COVERED
0 / 52 PASSED · 45 BARS LIT · IN THE PART F
PART D
PART F
PART F
PART M
PART F
PART S8
PART X
CHORUS
11 groovesABFS8MD+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 10
FILL · 5
LAND · 5
RUN · 3
JOIN · 13
LINK · 6
SECTION · 9
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play Trilogy Suite Op 5. on drums

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.

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
151 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
275
LENGTH
7:25
DIFFICULTY
75/100

kick and crashes through bars 1-4, hi-hat through bars 5-8, snare through bars 9-11, hi-hat through bars 12-13, snare through bars 14-16 and hi-hat through bars 17-18, and 25 more changes after that.

The beat

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.

    29
    1...........2...........3...........4...........
HH |o-----------o-----------o-----------o-----------|
SD |------------x-----------------------x-----------|
BD |x-------x---x-------x---x-------x---x-------x---|
Trilogy Suite Op 5. -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

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

What the course does

It cuts the song into 46 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- F -- 1 exercise, about 18 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- AB -- 1 exercise, about 18 minutes.
  3. The grooves the song is built on -- M -- 4 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  4. Through Part A and Part D -- 2 exercises, about 19 minutes.
  5. Bars 5-55 -- 4 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  6. Bars 5-58 -- 7 exercises, about 32 minutes.
  7. Through Part E and Part F -- 6 exercises, about 26 minutes.
  8. Through Part F and Part M -- 3 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  9. and 7 more sittings after that.
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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