Smells Like Teen Spirit Drums tab video
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Make your own Smells Like Teen Spirit tab video, freeNo editing. No card. 10 minutes free.- Instrument
- Drums
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Tuning
- —
- Tempo
- 116 BPM
About this riff
The main groove sits on a driving 8th-note pattern with the snare punching on 2 and 4, but the real character comes from Grohl's hard flams and the transitions between the quiet verses (hi-hat/rim feel) and the explosive choruses on the ride and crash. The famous intro fill and the machine-gun single-stroke rolls into the chorus are the parts worth drilling; they're not technically extreme, but nailing the dynamics, the flam accents, and Grohl's relentless power at 116 BPM is what makes it convincing.
Did you know?
Grohl's signature flams on the track were actually inspired by disco drummers, an influence not usually associated with the song's grunge reputation. For the Nevermind sessions his kit was a fairly simple setup built around a Tama Granstar with rented gear from Ross Garfield's Drum Doctors, including a Ludwig Black Beauty and the now-revered Tama Mastercraft Bell Brass snare, whose loud, aggressive attack helped define the drum sound.
FAQ
Is this the real audio?
The audio is rendered from a high-quality SoundFont (FluidR3), so it plays for real. It is not the original master recording.
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