This lesson expands on our Three Quarter Bar Eighth Note Fills and replaces the eighth notes with sixteenth notes. The aim of this lesson is to familiarize you further with the new fill length and to provide some ideas of how to construct these fills.
In the examples below you will first be shown the fill without groove. You will then be given a four bar phrase using the 'A A A B' structure. Remember to repeat the phrase to practice switching from fill to groove.
Example 1
The first fill is just four straight sixteenth notes on the snare covering beats 2, 3 and 4.
Fill
Phrase
Example 2
In this fill you will be playing groups of four across three different drums.
Fill
Phrase
Example 3
This fill is based on the Triangle Pattern.
Fill
Phrase
Example 4
This pattern uses groups of two on each drum.
Fill
Phrase
Example 5
Finally, an odd grouping.
Fill
Phrase
TASK
:
- Using the 2 minute rule, get all fills up to a tempo of at least 135bpm.
- Get all four bar phrases up to a tempo of at least 135bpm.REMEMBER to practice repeating the phrases and eliminate any gaps in timing. A metronome is very useful for this.
- Use different grooves in each phrased example.
- Create your own three quarter bar sixteenth note fills then apply them to a phrased example.
I recommend trying our Very Short Fills or A B Exercises Using Sixteenth Note Fills next.
