Splitting A Full Bar Fill With A Crash A similar idea to starting a fill on crash but this time also throwing a second crash hit in half way through the bar.
Starting A 4/4 Fill With An 'R L L F' Movement A half bar fill that ends on a flam, making a nice lead into the next section of music. This is also a nice ending for a longer fill, or a way to add in a short break.
Starting A Quarter Bar Fill Early Learn about 'pre empting' a quarter bar fill to give more rhythmic options.
Starting A Quaver Early In A Full Bar Fill This lesson discusses the idea of 'pre empting' a full bar fill by starting it a quaver early.
Starting A Three Quarter Bar Fill Early Pre Empt a three beat fill by adding an extra quavers worth of music to the start.
Starting Half Bar Fills One Quaver Beat Early Learn how to extend a hald bar fill slightly to give you more options in construction.
Starting RLLF Fills On An '+' Count In 4/4 A fill building block idea where the familiar RLLF shape is added but half a beat from where you are comfortable with.
Syncopated 'FRL' Full Bar Fills In 4/4 Taking a simple three note movement and creating syncopated full bar 4/4 fills.
Syncopated 'RLF' Full Bar Fills In 4/4 Taking a simple three note movement and creating syncopated full bar 4/4 fills.
Syncopated 'RLRLRF' Fills In 7/8 Applying the 'RLRLRF' fill building block in the time signature of 7/8 to create a syncopated fill.
Syncopated 233433 Fills In 9/8 Using set blocks of sixteenth notes to construct fills in this time signature.
Syncopated 332334 Fills In 9/8 Using set blocks of sixteenth notes to construct fairly simple fills in this time signature.
Syncopated 44334 Fills In 9/8 Using set blocks of sixteenth notes in and odd grouping to construct fills in this time signature.
Syncopated 44442 Fills In 9/8 Using set blocks of sixteenth notes in and odd grouping to construct fills in this time signature.
Syncopated 5/8 Fills Built From An RLRLRF Sticking Applying the 'RLRF' fill building block in the time signature of 5/8.
Three Beat 16th Note Fills At The End Of A 5/4 Bar Applying this three beat fill concept first applied in 4/4 within the new time signature.