DRUMY
Rotten Apple drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Rotten Apple by Alice in Chains is 71 BPM and runs 6:51: 126 bars and 1,933 notes played on the ride, snare, kick, hi-hat, crash, tom 1, floor tom 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 8 fills, its longest section is the Intro (0:00) (1:07) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro (0:00)
- Verse 1 (1:08)
- Chorus 1 (2:12)
- Post-Chorus / Interlude (2:38)
- Verse 2 (2:51)
- Chorus 2 (3:16)
- Instrumental Break / Guitar Solo (2:42)
- Verse 3 (4:22)
- Chorus 3 (4:48)
- Post-Chorus / Interlude (5:14)
- Outro (5:27)
- Fade Out (6:36)
How to play Rotten Apple on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Rotten Apple come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Outro (5:27) at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 71 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Rotten Apple drum cover.
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