DRUMY
YYZ drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
YYZ by Rush is 106 BPM and runs 4:33: 152 bars and 2,290 notes played on the kick, snare, ride, hi-hat, crash, tom 1, tom 2 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 8 fills, its longest section is the [C] Section I (0:45) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro - Morse for "YYZ"
- [A] Section I
- [B] Section I
- [C] Section I
- [D] Guitar Solo
- [E] Keyboard Break
- [A] Section II
- [B] Section II
- [F] Outro
How to play YYZ on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of YYZ come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Section I at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 106 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your YYZ drum cover.
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