In this 5/8 fill construction idea you will be taking the 16th Note '334' Syncopated Fills In 5/8 and messing around with the groupings a little. So as in the previous lesson, you will be using set groupings of sixteenth notes and those will now be following a '433' pattern, which is the reverse of the lesson linked above. On this page you will be learning that base rhythm then some orchestrations of it to be used as fills.
As hopefully you are aware of now, when the term '4334' is used it is telling you that the notes within this phrase are going to be blocked in those specific groupings. So you will start with 4 sixteenth notes, followed by 3 sixteenth notes and finally a second block of 3 sixteenth notes. Each of those 'blocks' or phrases will make a distict pattern that is repeated through the bar, creating a syncopated feel. The grouping for all fills on this page is this:
Listed below are several ideas using this concept in various different ways. Different stickings have also been included and these are notated when the part comes away from single strokes. A Standard Triplet sticking is quite common within this pattern for the blocks of three. In some cases the block of 4 at the start is broken down further into two blocks of two.
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
Example 6
TASK
- Using the 2 minute rule, get all exercises upto a tempo of at least 120bpm.
- Play a four bar phrase in 5/8 where the fourth contains a 433 style fill. Repeat this phrase over.
- Create your own 16th note 5/8 fills using this phrasing, write down any that you really like.
- Create variations on the given examples.
