Lennon, McCartney and Harrison have all said that Starr was the best rock drummer in the world. Two song performances where Starr is most renowned as a drummer are "Rain" (his personal favourite) and "She Said, She Said": his synching with McCartney's bass on the coda of "Rain" is considered one of his most memorable moments on "She Said, She Said", his fills along with his smooth changing of meters from 4/4 to 3/4 have been highly praised. His use of a 'sizzle' cymbal (a cymbal incorporated with rivets that vibrate) would bring a much fuller sound than standard 'ride' cymbals. Specific drum parts executed by Starr in notably signature fashion include the fill that brings the drums and bass guitar into "Hey Jude", the steady rock beats in "Please Please Me" and other early Beatles recordings, the drum kit pattern through the bridge of "Hello, Goodbye", and the driving bass drum notes found in "Lady Madonna", underlying the more intricate, double-tracked snare drum. Starr is also considered to have advanced various modern drumming techniques (for playing and recording) such as the matched grip, placing the drums on high risers for visibility as part of the band, tuning the drums lower, and using muffling devices on tonal rings, along with his general contributions to The Beatles as a whole. According to Lewisohn, there were fewer than a dozen occasions in The Beatles' eight-year recording career where session 'breakdowns' were caused by Starr making a mistake, while the vast majority of takes were stopped due to mistakes by the other three members. In his extensive survey of The Beatles' recording sessions, Mark Lewisohn confirmed that Starr was both proficient and remarkably reliable and consistent. You could take a great drummer today and say, 'I want it like that.' They wouldn't know what to do." The drum fills on the song "A Day in the Life" are very complex things. According to Collins, "Starr is vastly underrated. Many drummers list Starr as an influence, including Max Weinberg of the E Street Band, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters/Nirvana, Danny Carey of Tool, Liberty DeVitto of Billy Joel's band, Phil Collins, Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater and others. His parts are so signature to the songs that you can listen to a Ringo drum part without the rest of the music, and still identify the song.” One of Ringo's great qualities was that he composed unique, stylistic drum parts for the Beatles songs. We started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect. Ringo's popularity brought forth a new paradigm in how the public saw drummers. “ Before Ringo, drum stars were measured by their soloing ability and virtuosity. He was a professional drummer who sang and performed and had Ringo Starr-time and he was in one of the top groups in Britain but especially in Liverpool before we even had a drummer. “ Ringo was a star in his own right in Liverpool before we even met. Starr is left-handed yet plays a right-handed kit his tendency to lead with his left hand contributes to his distinctive drumming style. He filled the role he was hired for in 1962, then went on to establish a new approach to rhythm in popular music that some claim continues to grow in its significance and influence with every decade since The Beatles recorded their music. While he was sometimes the least visible member of the band, Starr's drumming style played a pivotal role in the music played and recorded by The Beatles. He was the oldest member of the band, and the last to join the now familiar 'Fab Four' line up. Richard Starkey Jr, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles.
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