The End drums

The End

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=Song: The End (Lennon, McCartney)                                   =
=Band: The Beatles                                                   =
=Album: Abbey Road                                                   =
=Drummer: Ringo Starr                                                =
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KEY:

C - Crash Cymbal
Rd - Ride Cymbal
HH - Hit-Hat
T1 - Tom 1
T2 - Tom 2
S - Snare
FT - Floor Tom
Bd - Bass Drum

Note:
x - Strike Cymbal, closed HH
X - Accent Cymbal, open HH
* - Choke Cymbal, loose HH
o - Strike drum
O - Accent drum

The Measures (4/4, 2/4), each "-" is equal to a 16th note:

Normal

4/4                        2/4
C  |x-------x-x-----|      C  |--x---x-|
S  |----oo-o----oooo|      S  |o---o---|
Bd |o-------o-o-----|      Bd |--oo-oo-|
   |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |         |1 + 2 + |


Ringo Starr's kit (By 68's Ringo used a second tom):

Drum: Ludwig                    Cymbals: Zildjian

Snare 14"x5"                    Hit-Hat 14"
Tom 13"x9"                      Crash 18"
Floor Tom 16"x16"               Crash Ride 20"
Bass Drum 22"x16"

The Song:

Note: We have a simple, but cool drum-solo in the middle of the song. By the end, we have
      a time change, but I wrote in the normal time. Just hear the song to understand!
                                                      |----repeat 1x---|
C  |------------X---|X-----------X---|X-------------X-|--------------X-|
Rd |----------------|----------------|----------------|--X-X-X-X-X-X---|
S  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----o-------o---|
FT |----------------|--o-o-o-o-o-----|--o-o-o-o-o-o---|----------------|
Bd |------------o---|o-----------o---|o-------------o-|--------o-o---o-|
   |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |


C  |----------------|------------X---|X-----------X---|X-------------X-|
T1 |--OO-OO---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
T2 |--------OO-O----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
FT |------------O-O-|O-O-O-O-O-O-----|--o-o-o-o-o-----|--o-o-o-o-o-o---|
Bd |----------------|------------o---|o-----------o---|o-------------o-|
   |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

   |----repeat 1x---|
C  |--------------X-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Rd |

end.
 

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