Strange World (1998 Remastered) · Iron Maiden

226 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 120 BPM, 5:42 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
226
LENGTH
5:42
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 61-67, 69-71 and 73-75, and 12 more places -- 23% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
STRANGE WORLD (1998 REMASTERED) · BARS 61-62
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 35 and 30 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 20-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 25-26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 35-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 8 TIMES

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

226 bars across 10 sections: 106 keep time, 37 are fills, 68 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 62-91.

PART I
PART P
CHORUS
PART B
PART P
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesAAPBIG+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Strange World (1998 Remastered)?

120 BPM, in 3/4, 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 Strange World (1998 Remastered) hard to play on drums?

42 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

226 bars, about 5:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 9 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Strange World (1998 Remastered)?

12 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 35 and 30 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 226 BARS ANALYSED
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