Taking some common sixteenth rolls around the kit and adding snares on counts 2 and 4.

Constructing fills using simple syncopation within an eighth note pattern.

Constructing fills using simple syncopation within an eighth note pattern.

A fill construction idea that uses a form of the 332 rhythm with a specific orchestration.

Simple quaver based fills where snare and china strikes are split up with bass drums.

A fill construction idea that uses a form of the 332 rhythm with a specific orchestration.

A fill idea using two eighth note crashes in a row across two bars.

Constructing fills using simple syncopation within an eighth note pattern.

A fill idea using two eighth note crashes in a row across two bars.

A subtle fill idea involving specific crash placement.

A list of four bar exercises with the oddly grouped roll applied in a practical setting.

Some fills that come away from standard note groupings.

Pre Empt a three beat fill by adding an extra quavers worth of music to the start.

Learn about 'pre empting' a quarter bar fill to give more rhythmic options.

Learn how to extend a hald bar fill slightly to give you more options in construction.

This lesson discusses the idea of 'pre empting' a full bar fill by starting it a quaver early.

'Choking' the crash is something people generally forget about when constructing fills. This lesson gives some simple ideas for applying the technique to a fill.

Ideas for creating fills by adding crashes to a groove.

A fill concept that applies dynamics to a straight 16th single stroke fill.

A fill concept that makes use of flat flams dynamics.

Go crazy with adding crashes to fills by hitting them on all eighth note crashes.

Build some fills where crashes are hit on every numbered count.

A similar idea to starting a fill on crash but this time also throwing a second crash hit in half way through the bar.

A simple idea for fill construction that involves starting on a crash.

Learn a common application of groove based fills in an eight bar structured pattern.

An extensive list of patterns that could be used as a groove based fill.

Ideas for using groove patterns as fills. This lesson focuses on a structure for this concept with three written examples.