Description
Notes From John
BPM = 127, in 4/4. The drums start after an eighth-rest pickup and an 8-bar rest under the “Eh eh-o eh-o…” vocal. Verse 1 is marked f and starts with short snare-and-tom eighths, written as a figure plus repeat bars, then moves to sixteenths on the rim of the snare, with printed R/L sticking and triplets, over the kick and hat foot. The Choruses put sixteenths across the snare and toms, with printed sticking, over the kick and hat foot, with a crash at the top of many bars. Verse 2 starts on a 4-bar rest, and the bars before the second Chorus carry accented snare sixteenths. The Re-Intro keeps the Chorus figure, the Bridge starts on a 7-bar rest before accented snare sixteenths, and the Outro moves to hat eighths with the snare on two and four before a closing 8-bar rest.
For the player
Chris “Woody” Wood plays drums on the track. Play the Verse 1 sixteenths on the rim of the snare, as marked, and keep the printed sticking for the Chorus toms. At BPM = 127 the job is the feel.
Drums Sheet Music for “Pompeii” by Bastille.
