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Night Crawler drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Night Crawler by Judas Priest is 194 BPM and runs 5:34: 270 bars and 2,548 notes played on the kick, snare, floor tom, ride, hi-hat, crash, 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 5 fills, its longest section is the Outro (0:56) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Instrumental 1
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus 1
- Chorus 1
- Interlude 1
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus 2
- Chorus 2
- Interlude 2
- Guitar Harmony
- Interlude 3
- Bridge
- Break
- Instrumental 2
- Pre-Chorus 3
- Chorus 3
- Outro
How to play Night Crawler on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Night Crawler come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Bridge at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 194 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Night Crawler drum cover.
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