The Pilgrim · Iron Maiden

181 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 7:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
181
LENGTH
7:37
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-21, 46-53 and 78-84, and 3 more places -- 17.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 95 BPM
THE PILGRIM · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 1, 7, 9, 29, 61, 65 and 23 more.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

181 bars across 19 sections: 112 keep time, 29 are fills and 18 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 31-45.

PART K
PART O
CHORUS 3
PART X
PART M
PART AG
12 groovesHKAGMB+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Pilgrim?

95 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Pilgrim hard to play on drums?

55 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

181 bars, about 7:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 71 exercises over 18 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 The Pilgrim?

14 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 1, 7, 9, 29, 61, 65 and 23 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 181 BARS ANALYSED
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