A blog to help with learning and teaching Drums. Written by Theo Lawrence / TL Music Books.
This sheet is included in the book Beginners Drum Book 2023.
Practice each fill seperately first. They just go around the kit in order, sometimes more than once and sometimes with different rhythms. You need to count how many note heads there are, for example there may be 6 snares and 2 high toms.
To Drummers,
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Theo
The drum fills last for 2 beats, or half a bar of 4/4. They are all made up of combinations of 16th notes and 8th notes, and 1/4 note flams. There are 12 drum fills.
The drum fills could be used in the final bar of a section. For example, play 7 and a half bars of drum beats, and then insert one of these drum fills – and then repeat. To finish off the exercises after repeating, you could play a crash and bass together.
The fills could also be used to start off a song or before playing through some drum beats.
Mix and match the fills to create 1 bar fills lasting 4 beats.
