The Beatles · 1965 · drums by Ringo Starr
Ticket to Ride
From Help!. Intermediate · Straight · rock
Tempo
123BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 120–150
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 93 and climbs to 123 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
One of the first famous drum parts that is not a straight backbeat: the verse pattern stutters the snare and tom in a lopsided figure that Ringo claimed was a mistake he liked. Learn the pattern as a phrase, not a 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 1965 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Ringo Starr songs
Songs at about 123 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.
- By the Way123
- Enter Sandman123
- Lithium123
- Moneytalks123
- Destination Unknown121
- Hey Na Na125