Run To The Hills drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Run To The Hills by Iron Maiden is 120 BPM and runs 3:51: 155 bars and 2,861 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, crash, tom 2, tom 1 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 5 fills, its longest section is the Chorus (0:54) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse
- Verse
- Chorus
- Verse
- Chorus
- Solo - Dave Murray
- Bridge
- Chorus
How to play Run To The Hills on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Run To The Hills 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 152 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 120 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Run To The Hills drum cover.
More Iron Maiden on drums
More drum play-alongs
Explore drum songs
Browse drum songs
- Easy drum songs for beginners
- Intermediate drum songs
- Hard drum songs
- Slow songs to play on drums
- Fast drum songs
Guides
- How to connect an electronic drum kit to your computer
- How to play along to songs on electronic drums
- Why your electronic drums feel late — and how to fix it
