Description
Notes From John
BPM = 112, in 4/4, with a swing marking that sets two sixteenths to a triplet quarter-eighth. The Intro is marked mf: hi-hat eighths and sixteenths, low quarters on one and three, the snare on two, and tom notes on the and of three and on four. Verse 1 and the first two Choruses keep that figure, with the Choruses marked f and started with a crash. The Solo is marked mf and adds open-hat circles and sixteenth-note kick pairs. Verse 3 closes on a sixteenth fill with R and L printed above it. The third Chorus at 1:59 is marked f and moves to dotted-eighth snare figures over sixteenth-note kick figures, with open-hat circles. The Bridge at 2:16 alternates bars of eighth-note cymbal hits and rests with sixteenth fills across the snare and toms, with flams, bracketed snare notes and printed sticking. The Interlude drops back to mf and the opening figure, and the Outro keeps it before a final crash and kick. The section boxes carry the record’s timestamps.
For the player
Read the sticking in the fills: the fill that closes Verse 3 and the Bridge fills print R and L above the notes, along with the flams. The swing marking at the top applies to the sixteenths. Play the dynamics as printed, mf in the verses and f in the Choruses. At BPM = 112 the job is the feel.
Drums Sheet Music for “Manhattan” by Kings of Leon.
