YYZ · Rush

147 bars of 4/4 at a walking 106 BPM, 5:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockProgressive90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
106 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
147
LENGTH
5:34
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 37-38, 40-42 and 45-46, and 7 more places -- 19.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 106 BPM
YYZ · BAR 37
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 26 more.

LOOP · 106 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9

16 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

147 bars across 10 sections: 90 keep time, 33 are fills, 9 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 37-54.

PART D
PART Q
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART AK
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesVQAKDR+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is YYZ?

106 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 YYZ hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 77 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

147 bars, about 5:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 17 sittings, about 25 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 YYZ?

18 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 26 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 147 BARS ANALYSED
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