Iron Maiden Style Lesson

Hi GMC students! Welcome to the Iron Maiden Style lesson 1 for beginner and intermediate players.  In this section we are going to explore Maiden’s most used guitar arrangements, chord progressions, rhythms and licks. 

This is a nice two guitars melody harmonized in thirds in the style of Murray/Smith  duets.

You can here this kind of guitar arrangement in lots of Maiden’s songs so let’s have a look at the chord progression.



4/4 -   Dm    - Bb    – F    – C    Bb C – Dm    - Bb    – F    – C    Bb C – Fm    - Db    – Ab    –  

           Eb    Db Eb  -  Fm    - Db    – Ab    – Eb   Db Eb -           

           



The progression begins in Dm key but in the 9th measure it modulates to Fm key.  This modulation is used very often in Maiden’s compositions.   



I played guitar 1 in the video but I made the guitars 1 and 2 tabs for this lesson. The 2nd guitar can be heard in the backing track.  



You should learn both guitars and try to create your own harmonized in thirds ideas.      



Tempo: 114 bpm