DRUMY
Children Of The Damned drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Children Of The Damned by Iron Maiden is 70 BPM and runs 4:35: 141 bars and 2,609 notes played on the hi-hat, snare, kick, tom 1, crash, ride 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 Bridge (0:32) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Verse
- Chorus
- Drum Roll 1
- Bridge
- Accelerando
- Solo - Adrian Smith
- Drum Roll 2
- Final Chorus
- Outro
- Outro
How to play Children Of The Damned on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Children Of The Damned come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Drum Roll 1 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 70 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Children Of The Damned drum cover.
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