Description
Notes From John
BPM = 83, in 4/4. The Intro opens on a four-bar rest, then f with a crash, hat eighths over kick sixteenth figures, and a bar marked “flams are loud” (R-L) and “drags are subtle, can be omitted” (LL–R) over snare sixteenths. Verse 1 is marked mp, with drag figures on the snare and printed R L R sticking with a circle mark, then mf at a crash and f in its last bar, with a flam and snare sixteenths. The Pre-Chorus at 0:58 opens on a crash and closes on accented snare sixteenths with a drag. Verse 2 is marked mp, then mf and f, and the second Pre-Chorus has a two-bar repeat before accented snare sixteenths. The Chorus is marked ff and closes on accented snare sixteenths. The Bridge at 2:33 is marked “loud ride if no 2nd crash”, with accented snare sixteenth figures, and the Outro opens on a crash and ends on accented snare sixteenths with a drag and a final crash. The section boxes carry the record’s timestamps.
For the player
Jimmy Chamberlin plays drums on the track. Play the flams loud and keep the drags subtle, as the Intro prints them. At BPM = 83 the job is the feel.
Drums Sheet Music for “Today” by The Smashing Pumpkins.
