The Clansman · Iron Maiden

300 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 8:53 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
300
LENGTH
8:53
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 81% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 77-99, 101-115 and 117-134, and 10 more places -- 81.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 135 BPM
THE CLANSMAN · BAR 83
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 10 times: bars 100, 116, 135, 146, 154, 162 and 4 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 100 · LANDS ON BAR 101 · PLAYED 10 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

300 bars across 6 sections: 204 keep time, 10 are fills and 85 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 224-283.

PART A
BREAK
CHORUS
BREAK 2
OUTRO
5 groovesCS3S5ABFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Clansman?

135 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 The Clansman hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 66 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

300 bars, about 8:53 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 4 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 The Clansman?

1 fill to learn, played 10 times: bars 100, 116, 135, 146, 154, 162 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 300 BARS ANALYSED
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