One Beat Fills Starting On The '+' After Beat 1 Of A 4/4 Bar Placing a fill at an unexpected point near the beginning of a bar of 4/4.
One Beat Fills Starting On The 'a' After Beat 2 Of A 4/4 Bar Placing a fill at an unexpected point within a bar of 4/4.
One Beat Fills Starting On The 'a' After Beat 3 Of A 4/4 Bar Placing a fill at an unexpected point within a bar of 4/4.
One Beat Fills Using Sixteenth Note Groupings Some simple one beat fills built from a mixture of eighth and sixteenth notes.
Orchestration Exaplained A brief discussion about what 'orchestrating' is and how it will be applied to rudiments.
Paradiddle Groove Style Fill Create a groove style fill using a paradiddle orchestrated in a specific way.
Paradiddle Switch Around Fill Use a paradiddle sticking to make fills that would be uncomfortable with a single stroke roll possible.
Pre Empting Half Bar Fills With Two Eighth Notes An idea for highlighting that a fill is about to happen using two eighth notes
Quarter Bar Sextuplet Fills As Straight Rolls Constucting fast fills using sixteenth note triplets played as single strokes..
Quarter Note Choked Crashes Over Constant 16th Double Kick An awesome sounding fill common in metal generes but applicable in many situations.
R L L F Exercise A one beat phrase to push hand to foot co ordination whilst opening up new options for groove and fill construction.
R L L F Fills - Right Hand Orchestration Create fills by orchestrating the right hand from the 'R L L F' exercise.
R L L R L L R L Exercise A two beat phrase that is essentially a modified standard triplet patttern. Can be used as a building block for several fill construction ideas.
Reggae Improvisation Based On A Groove An improvisation walk through based on a reggae groove, includes a Free MP3 Backing Track.
Reggae Improvisation Based On A Rhythm A guide on how to approach a grade 1 or 2 improvisation exercise in a reggae style when only a rhythm is given as a starting point, includes a Free MP3 Backing Track.
Replacing The 4th And 5th Stroke Of A Single Stroke 7 With A Kick A complex sounding fill based on a seven stroke roll with two notes of the rudiment substitued with bass drums.
RFRLRL Six Note Grouping Sticking Pattern A six note pattern that breaks up a single stroke roll with a kick on the 2nd count. This exercise is shown across several different rhythms.