The Beatles · 1966 · drums by Ringo Starr
Tomorrow Never Knows
From Revolver. Intermediate · Straight · rock
Tempo
127BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 120–150
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 97 and climbs to 127 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
One hypnotic pattern for the whole song: kick on one, snare and tom on the "and" figures, the same two-bar loop with tea towels on the drums and heavy compression. Sampled more than almost any other drum break. The challenge is playing the same bar two hundred times without changing it.
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 1966 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Ringo Starr songs
Songs at about 127 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.