DRUMY
By The Way drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
By The Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers is 120 BPM and runs 3:34: 110 bars and 1,763 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, floor tom, ride, tom 1 and crash.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 5 fills, its longest section is the Intro (0:32) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse I
- Chorus
- Verse II
- Chorus/interlude
- Verse III
- Chorus
- Outro
How to play By The Way on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of By The Way come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 76 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 120 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your By The Way drum cover.
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