Description
Notes From John
BPM = 63 (dotted quarter), in 12/8. The Intro and Verse 1 are written as rests. The Pre-Chorus is marked mp, with hat-foot notes on two and four, and the first Chorus keeps the same figure before a short fill across the snare and toms. Verse 2 at 1:42 is marked mf, with “cross-stick” on two and four, the kick and hat foot, and a fill with bracketed cymbal notes under a hairpin. The Pre-Chorus at 2:12 is marked f and moves to hat eighths, the snare on two and four and a dotted kick figure, written as a figure plus repeat bars. The Choruses keep that groove with a crash at the top, the Solo is marked mf, and the Outro is written as rests. The section boxes carry the record’s timestamps.
For the player
Jay Lewis plays drums on the track. Count the 12/8 in dotted quarters, as the tempo is marked, and switch from the Verse 2 cross-stick to the snare at the f Pre-Chorus. At BPM = 63 the job is the feel.
Drums Sheet Music for “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran.
