DRUMY
Lightning Strike drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Lightning Strike by Judas Priest is 150 BPM and runs 3:26: 129 bars and 2,294 notes played on the kick, snare, hi-hat, crash, ride, floor tom, tom 2 and tom 1.
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 Chorus (0:15) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse
- Pre Chorus
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Verse 2
- Pre Chorus 2
- Chorus 2
- Interlude
- Bridge
- Twin Solo
- Riff Interlude
- Solo
- Pre Chorus 3
- Chorus 3
- Outro
How to play Lightning Strike on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Lightning Strike come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Twin Solo at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 150 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Lightning Strike drum cover.
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