Rime Of The Ancient Mariner · Iron Maiden

411 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 14:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
411
LENGTH
14:38
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 209-211, 213-215 and 217-219, and 1 more place -- 14.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 112 BPM
RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER · BAR 209
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

39 fills to learn, played 72 times: bars 1, 9, 15, 19, 23, 25 and 66 more.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20

35 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

411 bars across 26 sections: 278 keep time, 72 are fills, 7 are stops and 25 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 208-268.

PART H
PART AP
PART S15
PART BL
CHORUS 4
PART CC
OUTRO
18 groovesBBBLAPQCC+13Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Rime Of The Ancient Mariner?

112 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 Rime Of The Ancient Mariner hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 15 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

411 bars, about 14:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 126 exercises over 42 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 Rime Of The Ancient Mariner?

39 fills to learn, played 72 times: bars 1, 9, 15, 19, 23, 25 and 66 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 411 BARS ANALYSED
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