Half Bar Sixteenth Note Fills

This lesson takes the fills learned in our Half Bar Eighth Note Fills lesson and replaces all eighth notes with sixteenth notes. The aim of this lesson is to familiarize you with the new fill length and to provide some ideas of how to construct these fills.

Remember, the counting for the sixteenth notes will be '3 e + a 4 e + a'. Unless stated otherwise, use a single stroke sticking. The percentage sign repeat mark has been used in the phrased example to stop the notation getting squashed.


Example 1

The first fill uses sixteenth notes on the snare.

Fill

A half bar fill made of sixteenth notes.

Phrase

A four bar phrase using the fill.


Example 2

Here you will be playing four sixteenth notes across two different drums.

Fill

A half bar fill made of sixteenth notes.

Phrase

A four bar phrase using the fill.


Example 3

This fill uses groups of two that move around the kit.

Fill

A half bar fill made of sixteenth notes.

Phrase

A four bar phrase using the fill.


Example 4

The fill in this example uses staggered groupings.

Fill

A half bar fill made of sixteenth notes.

Phrase

A four bar phrase using the fill.


Example 5

The last fill uses the Moving Accents idea.

Fill

A half bar fill made of sixteenth notes.

Phrase

A four bar phrase using the fill.


TASK:

  1. Using the 2 minute rule, get all fills up to a tempo of at least 120bpm.
  2. Get all four bar phrases up to a tempo of at least 120bpm.REMEMBER to practice repeating the phrases and eliminate any gaps in timing. A metronome is very useful for this.
  3. Use different grooves in each phrased example.
  4. Create your own half bar sixteenth note fills then apply them to a phrased example.

I recommend trying our Three Quarter Bar Sixteenth Note Fills, Very Short Fills or A B Exercises Using Sixteenth Note Fills next.

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