Drum Related

Below is a breakdown of Makes me Wonder by Maroon 5, it shows the section name and number of bars, the notes give you an indication what to play.

Section         No. of Bars

Intro             8

1st Verse     8 (Crash on “3”, “4” of 8th bar then “1” of 1st bar of Bridge)

Bridge          6 (Crash on “3”, “4” of 4th bar then “1” of next bar. Half bar fill in 6th bar)

Chorus         8 ( ¼ bar fill on 4th bar. Stop on “3” of 8th bar)

2nd Verse   8 (Crash on “3”, “4” of 8th bar then “1” of 1st bar of Bridge)

Bridge         6 (Crash on “3”, “4” of 4th bar then “1” of next bar. Half bar fill in 6th bar)

Chorus       16 ( ¼ bar fill in 4th. ½ bar fill in 8th. ¼ bar fill in 12th. ¼ bar fill in 16th)

Middle 8     8 (4th bar crash “1,2,3,4” then “1” of 5th. 8th bar crash “1,2,3,4” then “1” of next bar)

Bridge         8 (Crash on “3”, “4” of 4th bar then “1” of next bar. Half bar fill in 8th bar)

Chorus       16 ( ½ bar fill in 8th. ½ bar fill in 16th)

Outro          8 (End on “+ of 4” on 7th bar)

This weeks “Track of the week” is Makes me Wonder by Maroon 5, I’m choosing this track as Charly will be playing it at the drum recital and seeing as she’s one of the newest “newbies” playing I thought I’d give her a helping hand to get started! This track is relatively straight forward as far as drums go but you can always make it a tad more snazzy if you fancy it. Just make sure you count the two blocks of 6 for the bridge correctly and change to the chorus at the right time! Tomorrow I’ll also be advising as the length of the fills to play (more for Charly’s benefit than anyone else’s but hey, feel free to give it a try!)