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Read Stairway to Heaven as drum notation
Stairway to Heaven drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin is 71 BPM and runs 8:03: 167 bars and 1,265 notes played on the hi-hat, snare, kick, ride, floor tom, crash and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Easy — a good first song: steady, and forgiving while you find the groove.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the Verse 1 (1:08) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Interlude
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Verse 3
- Chorus (Instrumental)
- Verse 4
- Chorus
- Verse 5
- Pre-Solo
- Guitar Solo
- Bridge
- Outro
How to play Stairway to Heaven on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Stairway to Heaven 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 131 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 71 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Stairway to Heaven drum cover.
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