# My finger drumming covers

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**Created:** [December 4, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/my-finger-drumming-covers/945 "2022-12-04T23:33:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![vokilam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@vokilam](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/vokilam)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/my-finger-drumming-covers/945/20 "2023-03-22T00:37:39Z")

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[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/questforgroove/original/1X/1ddc8690d38385605ca9e3a303d9a09e6805f472.jpeg "[Finger drumming] Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa4Ep1hk6Ow)

I switched to a less intense mode and played 5-15 mins a day.

There are a lot of ghost notes in this song. I just placed them where I thought it would be comfortable for me to play and where it sounded cool.  
I played ghost double strokes with a rolling gesture (middle then index finger hitting each its own pad). This was the easiest for me.

To make snare sound quiet-loud I tweaked a pad curve like this:  
 ![Screenshot 2023-03-22 at 01.23.48](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/questforgroove/original/1X/3630a0bda108fd1f3f6c9997bd5506c307c70c12.png)

There is a lot of dynamics on an open hi-hat. I tried different combinations and fingerings and ended up with a single open hi-hat sound for simplicity. I wanted to use a foot pedal to control openness, but my sustain pedal was actually an on-off switch 🙂

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