The Beatles · 1969 · drums by Ringo Starr
Something
From Abbey Road. Intermediate · Straight · pop
Tempo
66BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- Under 90
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Counted with the backbeat on two and four; some databases list 134, the eighth-note count.
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 40 and climbs to 66 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
Slow, and full of the tom figures Ringo is loved for: the descending fills under the guitar line and the busy, melodic playing through the bridge. At 66 BPM every sixteenth note is a decision.
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.