Description
Notes From John
BPM = 74, swung, in 4/4. The Intro opens f on a snare pickup, then “hi-hats loose” over kick and ghosted snare, and drops to mf. Verse 1 at 0:14 under “Right now, he’s…” prints “hi-hats normal”, “continue hi-hat accents on beats” and “cross-stick”, then “end accents” and a crescendo into the Chorus. The Chorus at 0:40 under “That I dug…” comes in f and ends dim. on a fill stuck “R L R”. Verse 2 under “Right now, she’s…” is mf with a cresc., and the next Chorus under “That I dug…” is f with “hi-hats normal”. The Bridge under “I might’ve saved…” drops to mp, prints “tight” and ends on a sextuplet stuck “L R L R L R L”. The last Chorus under “‘Cause I dug…” is f with “hi-hats loose”, prints “straight 16ths” and holds one 2/4 bar, and the Outro under “Oh, before he…” returns to “hi-hats normal”. The section boxes carry the record’s timestamps.
For the player
Lonnie Wilson plays drums on the track. Stop the beat accents where Verse 1 prints “end accents”. At BPM = 74 the job is the feel.
Drums Sheet Music for “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood.
