Basic Fills from a textbook
8beat (8th note, half bar)
C: crash cymbal
h: hi hat
s: snare
b: bass drum
H: high tom
M: middle tom
F: Floor tom
-: rest (or tie)
(Example 8 beat pattern. Any pattern is fine.)
C h h h h h h h | h h h h (fill in)|
s s | s
b b | b
Practice fill-in at the end of every 2 bars or 4 bars.
Try all the following fills and practice difficult ones repeatedly.
(in 8th note)
01) s s s s
02) s s s s
F F F F
03) s H M F
04) s s H -
05) - s - s
06) s s - s
07) - s s s
08) s - - s
09) - H M F
10) - s H F
11) - s s -
- F F -
12) s - s s
F - - -
8beat 2(16th note, half bar)
C h h h h h h h | h h h h (fill in)|
s s | s
b b b | b
(in 16th notes, *: was difficult for me. Spaces are just for readability)
01) s - s - s s s s
02) s s s s s s s s
03) s - s s s s s -
04) s s s - s - s s
05) s - s s s - s -
*06) s s - s s s s s
07) s s s s s s s -
08) s - s - s - s s
09) s s s - s s s -
10) s s - s s - s s
11) s s s - s - s -
12) s s - s s s s -
(toms)
13) s - s - s s H-
14) s s H - M M F-
*15) s s H H M M F F
16) H - M - F - s s
17) H H H H F F F -
18) s s H - M - s s
19) s s H - M - s s
20) H - s s s s F -
8beat 2(16th note, one bar)
C h h h h h h h | h h h h (fill in)|
s s | s
b b b b | b b
01) s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
02) s - s s s - s s s - s s s s s -
03) s s s s s - s s s s s - s s s s
04) s - s s s s s - s s - s s s s -
05) s s - s s s - s s - s - s s s s
06) s s s - s s s - s s s s s s s -
07) s - s - s - s - s s s s s - s s
08) s - s s s s s s s s s s s - s -
(toms)
09) s s s s H H H H M M M M F F F -
10) s s s - H H H - M M M - F F F -
11) s - s s H H H - M M - M F F F -
12) s - s - H H - H M M - M F - F -
13) H - H - s s s - H H M M F F F -
14) s s s s s - H H H H H - F F F F
15) s - s - s - s - s s H H M M F -
16) H - s s s s F - H H M M F F F -
8beat 3(fills with bass drum, half bar)
fill in every two bars or 4 bars
(in 8th note)
01)- - C -
s - s -
- b - -
02)- - s -
b b - b
03) s - s -
- b - b
04) - s s -
b - - b
05) s - - -
- b - -
(in 16th note)
06) s - - - s s H -
- - b - - - - -
07) s s s s s - - -
- - - - - - b -
08) C - - - C - - -
s - - - s - - -
- - b - - - - -
8beat 3(fills with bass drum, one bar)
(in 8th note)
01) s - - s - - s -
- b b - b b - b
02) H H - M M - F -
- - b - - b - b
(in 16th note)
03) s s - - - - s s - - - - s - - -
- - b - b - - - b - b - - - b -
04) - - s - s - - - s s H - s - - -
b - - - - - b - - - - - - - b -
- 16 beat 1
- 16 beat 2
- Triplet (6/8 clef)
- Shuffle (4/4 8th note swing)
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