Description
Notes From John
BPM = 102, in 4/4, marked “slight shuffle on 16th notes per feel”. The Intro is marked f, with a snare pickup of grace notes and bracketed snare notes, then a crash and hat eighths over kick figures, with grace-note figures at the start of many bars. Verse 1 at 0:20 is marked mf, with bracketed snare notes between the backbeats, and the first Chorus is marked f. Verse 3 is marked mf and opens on accented hat sixteenths, then a hairpin to f and “hi-hats loose”. The Bridge is marked “hi-hats normal” before a stop, an mf section and an f section, and Verse 4 is marked “hi-hats loose” again. The Down Chorus at 3:09 is marked mp and “hi-hats normal, play with left hand”, with “L R” and “hi-hats played normally” before a “cresc.” and a return to f. The Outro closes on a “rit.” and a fermata. The section boxes carry the record’s timestamps.
For the player
Brad Hargreaves plays drums on the track. Play the hi-hats with the left hand at the Down Chorus, as printed. At BPM = 102 the job is the feel.
Drums Sheet Music for “Semi-Charmed Life” by Third Eye Blind.
