Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1991 · drums by Chad Smith
Under the Bridge
From Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Beginner · Straight · rock
Tempo
84BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- Under 90
- Difficulty
- Beginner
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 54 and climbs to 84 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
No drums for the first minute, then a gentle backbeat with the kick placed around the bass, building to the big gospel outro on the crash. The slow entry is the hard part: come in at exactly the tempo the guitar has set.
Beginner: A steady beat and a fill or two — first-gig material.
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 84 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.