Drum Related

This week I’ve chosen Dani California by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, I haven’t heard it in a while and it came on my iPod playlist the other day and I remembered what a good tune it was! It’s a goodone to play to as it’s not too fast or fancy, though it’s good for your counting practice as there are a number of sections with an odd amount of bars in so you do have to concentrate to get it right!
If you’re a beginner you can choose to just keep it real simple, maybe just moving from the hi hat to ride from verse to chorus. If you want to jazz it up a bit it allows for it so pick your approach!

Section                   No. of Bars

Intro (just drums)  2
Intro (+ inst)         4

1st Verse              8

2nd Verse            9

Chorus               10

Inst.                   4

3rd Verse           9

Chorus              9

Middle 8           8  (stop with a flam on the “3” of the 8th bar)

4th Verse        10

Chorus            9

Chorus            9

Guitar Solo     19 (Stop on “1” of 20th bar)