DRUMY
Wasted Years drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Wasted Years by Iron Maiden is 145 BPM and runs 5:04: 195 bars and 2,506 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, ride, snare, crash, tom 2, tom 1 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 8 fills, its longest section is the Chorus (0:50) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse I
- Verse II
- Chorus
- Verse III
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Pre-Solo
- Guitar Solo
- Chorus
- Outro
How to play Wasted Years on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Wasted Years come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Chorus at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 145 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Wasted Years drum cover.
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