DRUMY
Scar Tissue drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers is 89 BPM and runs 3:36: 79 bars and 1,336 notes played on the snare, hi-hat, kick, ride, crash, floor tom 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 Outro - Guitar Solo (0:49) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Verse 3
- Chorus
- Verse 4
- Chorus
- Guitar Solo
- Verse 5
- Chorus
- Outro - Guitar Solo
How to play Scar Tissue on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Scar Tissue 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 77 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 89 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Scar Tissue drum cover.
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