A A A B Exercises Using Double Time Grooves As Fills

The four bar phrases presented in this lesson continue exploring the 'AAAB' Structure, this time focusing on replacing a fill with a Double Time Groove. The intention here is to improve your familiarity with the structure, your ability to use double time grooves, increase your options for fills and to improve your ability to switch between common and double time grooves.

Example 1

A four bar phrase using a double time groove as a fill

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

Example 5

TASK

Using the 2 minute rule, get all phrases up to a tempo of at least 120bpm.
Create your own versions of these patterns.