In this lesson you will be applying the ideas learned in the previous lessons to three quarter bar fills. To acheive this, just start the fill on the '+' count after beat 1. Some examples of this are given below.

Exercise 1

A straight snare version to show how the parts fit together.

A three quarter bar fill starting a quaver early


Exercise 2

Orchestrated as a straight roll around the kit with four on each drum, starting a quaver early.

A three quarter bar fill starting a quaver early


Exercise 3

Staggering the groups of four.

A three quarter bar fill starting a quaver early


Exercise 4

An orchestration making use of eighth notes and flams.

A three quarter bar fill starting a quaver early


Exercise 5

This orchestration makes use of groups of two.

A three quarter bar fill starting a quaver early


TASK:

  1. Using the 2 minute rule, learn all fills up to a tempo of at least 120bpm.
  2. Apply the fills to a Structured Pattern.

Lessons

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