In this lesson you will continue learning about creating fills using Groupings Of Sixteenth Notes, this time by applying two different groupings to a half bar fill in 4/4. The rhythms and orchestrations used will be similar to those in our One Beat Fills and Two Beat Fills using 16th groupings lessons so I advise you read through those first.
On this page you will be presented with exercises that are a bar of music made up of two beats worth of groove and two beats worth of of fill. The rhythm for this fill will be a combination of two sixteenth note groupings played on the snare twice. You will then be given two further examples of this fill orchestrated around the kit in various ways. For each example you will be shown a version with both crotchet and quaver hi hats. The aim here is to start constructing fills using more interesting rhythms.
This list of rhythms is by no means an exhaustive list of patterns you can create by combining groupings. Learn the patterns provided then create your own rhythms and orchestrations.
Fill 1
The first fill is made from This Rhythm and This Rhythm. As a snare fill it looks like this:
Check Your Counting:
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 + 2 + 3 +a4e+
Orchestration 1
Play the 16th notes on a seperate drum.
Orchestration 2
Use crashes on the eighth notes.
Fill 2
The next fill is made from This Rhythm and This Rhythm. As a snare fill it looks like this:
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 + 2 + 3e a4 +a
Orchestration 1
Using toms.
Orchestration 2
Use toms and crashes.
Fill 3
This fill is made from a straight group of sixteenths and This Rhythm. As a snare fill it looks like this:
Check Your Counting:
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 + 2 + 3e+a e+a
Orchestration 1
Rolling around the kit then going back to the snare.
Orchestration 2
Simulating a standard roll around the kit.
Fill 4
This fill is made from This Rhythm and This Rhythm. As a snare fill it looks like this:
Check Your Counting:
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 + 2 + 3e a e+a
Orchestration 1
Move the first set of left hands to the high tom.
Orchestration 2
Moving around the kit in a staggered rhythm.
TASK:
- Using the 2 minute rule, get all fills up to a tempo of at least 120bpm.
- Use different grooves in each example.
- Apply the given fills to a structured example as the 'B' section.
- Create your own half bar sixteenth note fills then apply them to a phrased example.
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