The Beatles · 1969 · drums by Ringo Starr
Come Together
From Abbey Road. Intermediate · Straight · rock
Tempo
83BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- Under 90
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 53 and climbs to 83 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
The tom fill under "shoot me" is the hook — a wet, swampy sixteenth-note roll on the floor tom and rack tom, repeated every verse. The rest is a heavy, laid-back beat on a dead-tuned kit. Play the fills soft and behind the beat.
Intermediate: Needs independence, a feel, or fills you have to learn.
Ringo Starr
- Ringo Starr's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1969 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Ringo Starr songs
Songs at about 83 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.