Description
Notes From John
BPM = 63, swung, in 4/4. The Intro plays the rim with printed stickings over kick and floor tom, with “nearest rim” above it. Verse 1 at 0:07 under “First things first…” adds hi-hat over the same pattern. The Pre-Chorus at 0:38 under “I was broken…” moves to snare and ends on “crescendo from silence”. The Chorus under “Pain! You made…” brings in sixteenth-note triplets on the kick. Verse 2 under “Third things third…” prints “floor tom rim may be easiest” over sextuplets, and the Choruses that follow fill out with sextuplet hi-hat. Verse 3 under “Last things last…” drops to a single hit and rests, the Bridge under “But they never…” builds on sextuplets, and the last Chorus opens on a buzz roll. The section boxes carry the record’s timestamps.
For the player
Daniel Platzman plays drums on the track. Bring the Pre-Chorus fill in as a crescendo from silence. At BPM = 63 the job is the feel.
Drums Sheet Music for “Believer” by Imagine Dragons.
