Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'Dani California' Intro
Chad Smith
Work on one-handed ruffs, bass drum double-strokes and, of course, timing and feel...
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Halftime Groove
Chad Smith
Work on the 16th patterns in bar 3 between hand and foot separately. Be careful to play the ghostnotes lightly.
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Solo Groove
John Blackwell
Try this on the practise pad first. Get comfortable with the right hand sticking as much of the bass drum pattern copies this.
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Kick Hat Snare 05
Kev O'Shea
Practise the 6 stroke roll: R,L,R,R,L,L. Next play it in groups of three as triplets.
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Kick Hat Snare 08
Kev O'Shea
Practise the 'closed' roll on the edge of the snare. See how many times you can get the stick to bounce on each hand. Then increase the tempo.
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Songo-inspired halftime
Kev O'Shea
Play R,L,F,L with accents in different places. Keep right hand on Hihat and left hand on the snare.
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