DRUMY
2 Minutes To Midnight drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
2 Minutes To Midnight by Iron Maiden is 186 BPM and runs 6:03: 283 bars and 3,122 notes played on the ride, kick, snare, hi-hat, crash, floor tom, tom 1 and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the Pre-Verse (0:30) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Pre-Verse
- Verse
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Pre-Verse
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Dave's Solo
- Adrian's Solo
- Break
- Interlude
- Bridge
- Pre-Verse
- Verse
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Outro
How to play 2 Minutes To Midnight on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of 2 Minutes To Midnight come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 64 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 186 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your 2 Minutes To Midnight drum cover.
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