Description
Notes From John
BPM = 81, in 4/4, with a swing marking that sets two sixteenths to a triplet quarter-eighth. The Intro is marked mf and “nearest rim”: hi-hat figures with grace-note flams over a kick in eighths, hat-foot x’s below the staff and bracketed snare notes. Verse 1 drops to mp and thins out, and its four-bar phrases end on a bar of rest; the second phrase is marked mf. The Chorus is marked f and moves to flammed snare on dotted-eighth figures, with a printed L R sticking, hat-foot eighths under the kick and the hat flams kept on top. Verse 2 follows the same mp-to-mf shape. The Solo at 1:46 goes back to the Intro groove at mf and stops short under the “I am the…” cue. The last Chorus at 2:10 is marked f, with busier hat flams in its middle bars, and the chart ends on a half bar and a bar of rest. The section boxes carry the record’s timestamps.
For the player
Daniel Platzman plays drums and percussion on the record, per the song article’s Personnel. Swing the sixteenths: the swing marking sits under the tempo at the top of the chart, and the hat and snare flams are played in that swung feel. Let the verses drop to mp and the Choruses come up to f as printed. At BPM = 81 the job is the feel.
Drums Sheet Music for “Machine” by Imagine Dragons.
