Otherside drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Otherside by Red Hot Chili Peppers is 117 BPM and runs 4:12: 129 bars and 1,702 notes played on the hi-hat, snare, kick, floor tom, crash, tom 1 and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the Outro (0:43) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- [A] Fill
- Chorus 1
- [B] Fill
- [C] Fill
- [D] Fill
- Verse 1
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus 2
- [E] Fill
- [B] Fill
- [F] Fill
- Verse 3
- Verse 4
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus 3
- Bridge
- Solo
- Outro
How to play Otherside on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Otherside come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Solo at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 117 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Otherside drum cover.
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