Soundgarden · 1994 · drums by Matt Cameron
Spoonman
From Superunknown. Advanced · Odd meters · rock
Tempo
92BPM
- Time signature
- 7/4
- Feel
- Odd meters
- Tempo band
- 90–120
- Difficulty
- Advanced
"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
The best-known rock song in seven: the riff is 7/4 and the drums play it as 4 + 3 with the snare on the natural backbeats, so it grooves rather than counts. The middle section is a duet with Artis the Spoonman. Play the riff until seven feels like four.
Advanced: Fast, odd, or both; the part is the reason the song is famous.
Matt Cameron
- Read the Matt Cameron feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Matt Cameron's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1994 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Matt Cameron songs
All 3 Matt Cameron songs at tempo →
- Black Hole Sun105
- Rusty Cage102
Songs at about 92 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.