Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son · Iron Maiden

281 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 11:53 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
281
LENGTH
11:53
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 29-31, 33-35 and 45-47, and 7 more places -- 11.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON · BARS 29-30
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 53 times: bars 5, 9, 10, 14, 18, 28 and 47 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 9-10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

281 bars across 26 sections: 166 keep time, 53 are fills, 19 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 238-257.

PART L
PART AD
CHORUS
PART AV
BREAK
16 groovesAILAVJAO+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son?

100 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 Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

281 bars, about 11:53 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 81 exercises over 26 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 Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son?

14 fills to learn, played 53 times: bars 5, 9, 10, 14, 18, 28 and 47 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 281 BARS ANALYSED
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