Trophies of the Tyrant · Kerry King

115 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 3:35 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
115
LENGTH
3:35
DIFFICULTY
80/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 49-51, 53-55 and 60-64, and 5 more places -- 20% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
TROPHIES OF THE TYRANT · BAR 49
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and 28 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

115 bars across 15 sections: 65 keep time, 34 are fills and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 29-35.

PART B
PART B
PART J
CHORUS
PART B
PART J
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
8 groovesSBJGAI+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Trophies of the Tyrant?

130 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 Trophies of the Tyrant hard to play on drums?

80 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 85 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

115 bars, about 3:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 14 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Trophies of the Tyrant?

14 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and 28 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 115 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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