A blog to help with learning and teaching Drums. Written by Theo Lawrence / TL Music Books.
Here is a grade 1 level drum beats and fills exercise sheet. All Fills use the Snare and Floor Tom together at the same time. There are crescendos on the last two fills (volume build up). You will need a basic level of reading knowledge to try this without a teacher.
You play 3 bars of groove then this drum fill using a 6 2 6 2 pattern that equals 16. By playing 16 x 16th notes, you get a fill that lasts one bar. More fills can be created by changing the numbers around. you could try 2 6 6 2 for example, or 4 4 6 2 – anything that adds up to 16.
