In this continuation on our lessons in building fills from a Single Stroke 7 you will be playing the roll between rides hi hats and snares in a simple orchestration. As with all other lesson, you will be given the basic fill first followed by ideas for combining with groove, ideas for adding feet and finally an example piece.
Lesson Contents
Single Stroke 7 Fill 5
The basic version of this fill is made up of one occurrence of the single stroke 7, so is half a bar long. It looks like this:
Basic FIll
TASK
- Spend time getting this fill up to a tempo of at least 90bpm.
Adding Groove
Now fill up the rest of the bar up with groove. It doesn't matter what groove you use as long as it's only half a bars worth. Below are a couple of examples.
Grooved Version 1
Grooved Version 2
Grooved Version 3
TASK
- Spend time getting these patterns up to a tempo of at least 90bpm.
Ideas For Adding Feet
Listed below are some ideas for altering the orchestration.
Variation 1
Counting eighth notes on the kick.
Variation 2
Adding kicks under the ride cymbals.
Variation 3
Adding bass drums under all cymbals.
TASK
- Spend time getting these patterns up to a tempo of at least 90bpm.
Extending To A Full Bar
In these fills the last half of the bar will be the original fill and the first half plays something else to create a full bar fill. Three versions of this idea are listed below.
Full Bar Variation 1
Start on a sextuplet roll followed by the original fill.
Full Bar Variation 2
A sixteenth note pattern starts to fill followed by the original seven stroke roll pattern.
Full Bar Variation 3
Using rides and hi hats throughout the bar.
TASK
- Spend time getting these patterns up to a tempo of at least 90bpm.
Example Piece
The short piece below includes various versions of the fill combined with different grooves. The sticking has been excluded in each fill so remember to use the single stroke 7.