Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1991 · drums by Chad Smith
Give It Away
From Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Intermediate · Straight · funk
Tempo
92BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 90–120
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 62 and climbs to 92 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
A slamming funk-rock groove with the snare cracking on two and four and the kick punching with Flea's bass line — sixteenth-note hi-hat with accents. The trick is to hit hard and still leave the ghost notes in.
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 1991 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Chad Smith songs
Songs at about 92 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.