Description
Notes From John
BPM = 173, in 4/4 with a printed swing mark. The Intro, cued by “Can’t buy me…”, plays accented eighths on snare and floor tom. Verse 1 at 0:09, under “I’ll buy you…”, prints “hi-hats half open”, and each Verse stops on “hi-hat closed” before going back to half open. Verse 2 under “I’ll give you…” and the Chorus at 0:42, cued by “Can’t buy me…”, keep the groove, and Verse 3 under “Say you don’t…” leads to the Solo. Verse 4 repeats the stop, and the Outro at 1:56 returns to the accented Intro figure with a “rit.” to the final crash. The section boxes carry the record’s timestamps.
For the player
Ringo Starr plays drums on the track. Hold the hi-hat closed on each one-beat stop. At BPM = 173 the job is the feel.
Drums Sheet Music for “Can’t Buy Me Love” by The Beatles.
