Drum fill · Advanced

Around-the-kit drum fill

A two-bar fill after two bars of groove: sixteenths that walk every drum and come home. Snare and toms in turn, kick under the last beat, crash on the one after.

Tempo: 88 BPM
Level: Advanced 5 of 5
Time signature: 4/4
Feel: Straight 16ths
Fill: Two bars
Run: 44 s · 16 bars
Limbs: Both hands and the kick foot

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The pattern

Bar 1 of 4: the groove, with the crash on the 1

Around-the-kit fill, bar 1 of 4: the groove, with the crash on the 1: one row per drum, one column per sixteenth of a bar of 4/4
Drum	1	&	2	&	3	&	4	&
Crash	x
Hi-hat		x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Snare			X				X
Kick	X				X

Bar 2 of 4: the groove

Around-the-kit fill, bar 2 of 4: the groove: one row per drum, one column per sixteenth of a bar of 4/4
Drum	1	&	2	&	3	&	4	&
Hi-hat	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Snare			X				X
Kick	X				X

Bar 3 of 4: the fill

Around-the-kit fill, bar 3 of 4: the fill: one row per drum, one column per sixteenth of a bar of 4/4
Drum	1	e	&	a	2	e	&	a	3	e	&	a	4	e	&	a
High tom					x	x	x	x			x	x
Mid tom													x	x
Snare	x	x	x	x					x	x
Floor tom															x	x
Kick	x								x

Bar 4 of 4: the fill

Around-the-kit fill, bar 4 of 4: the fill: one row per drum, one column per sixteenth of a bar of 4/4
Drum	1	e	&	a	2	e	&	a	3	e	&	a	4	e	&	a
High tom			x	x			x	x
Snare	x	x			x	x							x	x	x	x
Floor tom									x	x	x	x
Kick	x				x				x				x

Each column is a sixteenth. x is a hit, a bold X an accent.

Plays it twice at 88 BPM.

How to count it

Count: 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

Bar 1, the groove, with the crash on the 1: kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4, hi-hat on every eighth except the 1, crash on 1. Said aloud: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Bar 2, the groove: kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4, hi-hat on every eighth. Said aloud: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Bar 3, the fill: kick on 1 and 3, snare on 1 e & a and 3 e, high tom on 2 e & a and the & and a of 3, mid tom on 4 e, floor tom on the & and a of 4. Said aloud: 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

Bar 4, the fill: kick on every beat, snare on 1 e 2 e and 4 e & a, high tom on the & and a of 1 and the & and a of 2, floor tom on 3 e & a. Said aloud: 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

How to practise it

Play the groove until it sits.
Play the fill on its own, both bars, from the 1 of bar 3, two bars long. Kick on 1 and 3, snare on 1 e & a and 3 e, high tom on 2 e & a and the & and a of 3, mid tom on 4 e, floor tom on the & and a of 4. Then kick on every beat, snare on 1 e 2 e and 4 e & a, high tom on the & and a of 1 and the & and a of 2, floor tom on 3 e & a.
Go from the last bar of groove into the fill, and land on the 1 with the crash and the kick together.
Play the whole loop as DRUMY does: 16 bars at 88 BPM, about 44 seconds.