A A A B Exercises With 'B' As A 3/4 Fill

This lesson will follow the structure discussed in the 'A A A B' lesson only this time the 'B' section will be in 3/4. The aim here is to further improve your ability to move through different time signatures and to provide more ideas for fills in 3/4.

The structure for this exercise will look like this:

Written below are five examples of parts you could play for this structured pattern. In all examples the 'B' is a Fill In 3/4. A note on how the 'B' section has been constructed is included.

Example 1

A simple roll around the kit in gruops of four.

Example 2

Using snares and crashes on all numbered counts.

Example 3

Playing a shorter roll around the kit in groups of two.

Example 4

Using a 16th note grouping with crashes and toms.

Example 5

Using eighth note triplets.

TASK

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