DRUMY
Blood Sugar Sex Magik drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers is 75 BPM and runs 4:29: 84 bars and 1,514 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, ride, snare, crash, tom 2 and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 8 fills, its longest section is the Chorus 4 (0:39) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Riff
- Verse 1
- Chorus 1
- Riff
- Verse 2
- Chorus 2
- Bridge 1
- Chorus 3
- Bridge 2
- Chorus 4
How to play Blood Sugar Sex Magik on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Blood Sugar Sex Magik come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Bridge 2 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 75 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Blood Sugar Sex Magik drum cover.
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