Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2002 · drums by Chad Smith
By the Way
From By the Way. 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
Two songs in one: a floating, quiet chorus with a light beat, and the driving punk-funk verses with sixteenth notes on the hi-hat and a hard backbeat. The switches between them have to be instant.
Intermediate: Needs independence, a feel, or fills you have to learn.
Chad Smith
- Read the Chad Smith feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Chad Smith's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 2002 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Chad Smith songs
Songs at about 123 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.
- Enter Sandman123
- Lithium123
- Moneytalks123
- Ticket to Ride123
- Get Back124
- Destination Unknown121