Description
Notes From John
BPM = 113. Arranged for 6 toms. Ghosts are marked. Open hats are marked. Lots of hi-hat work. Open-handed — hats while on the ride.
For the player
Carter Beauford on the Under the Table and Dreaming cut. Sit in the pocket under that violin and guitar; don’t iron the ghosts into a second backbeat. Chart is arranged for 6 toms — high to low — so leave the tom melody alone; don’t mash six voices into three. Ghosts are written thick through the verses and Instrumentals — keep them quiet. Open hats and closed hats are marked; bark the opens and choke the closes where John wrote the circle and the plus. He plays open-handed a lot, so you’ll see hi-hats while the other hand is on the ride — that’s not a misprint. Stickings are marked on the Outro fills (L R L into the R L alternation) — play the stickings, don’t invent a second fill. Bridge hits at 2:22; Scatting at 2:43; Breakdown at 3:22; Interlude at 3:38; Outro at 4:04 into the rit. Listen first; the pocket is the job, not the count-in.
Drum Sheet Music for “Ants Marching” by Dave Matthews Band
