Part 7 · Fills · Chapter 89

Sixteenth-Note Fills

Sixteenth-note fills are the sound of rock drumming. Four notes per drum, moving from high to low, is the classic shape.

EXAMPLE 89.1One-beat sixteenth fill
TEMPO

Four sixteenths on the snare on beat 4.

EXAMPLE 89.2Around the kit
TEMPO

Snare, rack tom, floor tom, floor tom.

Crash with bothTIP

Land the crash with your right hand and the bass drum together, exactly on 1.

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