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Drum fill · Intermediate

One-bar drum fill

Three bars of groove, then a whole bar of sixteenths down the kit. Four on the snare, four on the high tom, four on the mid, four on the floor. Crash the one.

Tempo
92 BPM
Level
Intermediate 3 of 5
Time signature
4/4
Feel
Straight 16ths
Fill
One bar
Run
42 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

One-bar 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
Drum1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&a
Crashx
Hi-hatxxxxxxx
SnareXX
KickXX

Bars 2–3 of 4: the groove

One-bar fill, bars 2–3 of 4: the groove: one row per drum, one column per sixteenth of a bar of 4/4
Drum1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&a
Hi-hatxxxxxxxx
SnareXX
KickXX

Bar 4 of 4: the fill

One-bar fill, bar 4 of 4: the fill: one row per drum, one column per sixteenth of a bar of 4/4
Drum1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&a
High tomxxxx
Mid tomxxxx
Snarexxxx
Floor tomxxxx
Kickxx

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

Plays it twice at 92 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 &

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

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

How to practise it

  1. Play the groove until it sits.
  2. Play the fill on its own, from the 1 of bar 4, one bar long. Kick on 1 and 3, snare on 1 e & a, high tom on 2 e & a, mid tom on 3 e & a, floor tom on 4 e & a.
  3. Go from the last bar of groove into the fill, and land on the 1 with the crash and the kick together.
  4. Play the whole loop as DRUMY does: 16 bars at 92 BPM, about 42 seconds.

What DRUMY judges

Each note is judged on when it lands, within 140 ms, and on which drum, not on how hard: the accents are drawn, not judged. All of what DRUMY judges.

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