One Beat Fills Using Sixteenth Note Groupings

In this lesson you will start learning how to use different Groupings Of Sixteenth Notes in fills by applying the rhythms to 1 beat fills. These fills will fall in the same place as those in our Quarter Bar Fills Lesson so it would be worth working through that lesson first.

On this page you will be presented with a bar of music that is three beats worth of groove and one beat of fill. The rhythm for this fill will be one of the sixteenth note groupings played on the snare. You will then be given two further examples of this fill orchestrated around the kit in various ways. For each example you will be shown a version with both crotchet and quaver hi hats. The aim here is to familiarize you both with the length of fill and the idea of using different rhythms to construct fills.

Fill 1

The first fill is built from This Rhythm. It looks like this:

Note that the hi hat is left on beat 4 making the pattern more like a group of straight 16ths. This can be removed if you wish.

Orchestration 1

Split the three 16ths in a group of one followed by a group of two.

Orchestration 2

Split the three 16ths in a group of two followed by a group of one.

Fill 2

The second fill is built from This Rhythm. It looks like this:

Orchestration 1

Split the eighth note and two sixteenth notes between two different parts of the kit.

Orchestration 2

Play a flam on the eighth note and orchestrate the two sixteenth notes between two different drums.

Fill 3

The third fill is built from This Rhythm. It looks like this:

Orchestration 1

Orchestrate between two different drums.

Orchestration 2

Orchestrate across three different drums, note the alternate sticking.

Fill 4

The third fill is built from This Rhythm. It looks like this:

Orchestration 1

Play the eighth note on a different drum to the sixteenth notes.

Orchestration 2

Split the three notes between three different drums.

TASK

1. Using the 2 minute rule, get all fills up to a tempo of at least 120bpm.
2. Use different grooves in each example.
3. Apply the given fills to a structured example as the 'B' section.
4. Create your own one beat sixteenth note fills then apply them to a phrased example.