Drum beat in the style of “Give It Away” — Red Hot Chili Peppers
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· Simplified drum grooves in the style of famous songs — not exact transcriptions.
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 1991 song pairs Chad Smith’s tight funk-rock beat with a busy bass line. Keep the 16th notes crisp and the backbeat strong.
- Tempo
- 91 BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Groove
- 16th-note funk groove
- Genre
- Funk
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Loop
- 1 bar
Drum pattern
| Open hi-hat | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hi-hat | ||||||||||||||||
| Snare | ||||||||||||||||
| Kick |
Each row is one drum, each column one step. Large dots are accents, small dots normal hits, faint dots ghost notes.
Who plays what: notes per bar
| Cymbal hand | 16 |
|---|---|
| Snare hand | 5 |
| Kick foot | 4 |
The kick always lines up with the cymbal, so the work is in the snare hand: 3 of its 5 notes are ghost notes.
About this groove
At about 91 BPM it has a medium tempo: one beat lasts 659 ms and a 4/4 bar takes 2.6 seconds. Use the tempo buttons to slow it down while you learn.
Practice plan
How it differs from similar beats
Compared with “Chameleon” (Herbie Hancock, funk groove with ghost notes), this groove changes only small details — and it runs 5 BPM slower. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. Chameleon →
“Cissy Strut” (The Meters) uses exactly the same simplified pattern, 1 BPM slower — a good warm-up before this one. Cissy Strut →
Other songs with the same 16th-note funk groove
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This is a simplified rhythm pattern in the style of “Give It Away” by Red Hot Chili Peppers, written for drum practice. It is not a transcription of the recording and contains no audio, lyrics or artwork. Drums3D is not affiliated with Red Hot Chili Peppers.