Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2006 · drums by Chad Smith
Snow (Hey Oh)
From Stadium Arcadium. Intermediate · Straight · rock
Tempo
105BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 90–120
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 75 and climbs to 105 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
The drums wait through the guitar intro, come in on the hi-hat, and settle into a busy, ghost-noted groove with the kick working under the sixteenth-note guitar figure. Chad plays it light; the temptation is to play it heavy.
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 2006 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Chad Smith songs
Songs at about 105 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.