Nirvana · 1991 · drums by Dave Grohl
In Bloom
From Nevermind. Intermediate · Half-time · rock
Tempo
79BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Half-time
- Tempo band
- Under 90
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Counted with the backbeat on three. Databases that list it at 157 are counting the eighth-note pulse.
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 49 and climbs to 79 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
The big open drum intro is played as flams round the toms, and the whole song sits in a heavy half-time feel with the snare on three. The fills are quarter-note triplets between the toms — slow enough to hear, hard enough to place.
Intermediate: Needs independence, a feel, or fills you have to learn.
Dave Grohl
- Read the Dave Grohl feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Dave Grohl'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 Dave Grohl songs
Songs at about 79 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.