Drum Related

This week I decided on Higher Ground by the Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘cos I was just flicking through my iPod and landed on it!
This track is in 8th note triplets and uses a trashy/loose shuffle, however if you aren’t at a shuffle stage yet you can just play ¼ notes and it’ll work just fine.
It’s pretty quick so do try to keep up! It also has a double time bit after the break at the end. I’ll include this in the write up but if you think it sounds far too tricky then leave it out.

Section        No. of Bars

Intro            4 (don’t play bars 1-3 but play a fill on the 4th as a pick up)

Inst             8

1st Verse    12

Inst             4

2nd Verse   12

Inst             4

Chorus        8

Inst            4

3rd Verse   12

Inst            4

4th Verse  12

Inst            4

Chorus       8

Mid Section   16  (flam on “1” of 17th bar and STOP!)

Guitar solo (double time) 3 ish bars but not to a click! Don’t play!!

Outro (double time)  8 (1/4 note hi hat. End with a flam on the “1” of the 9th bar.)