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Hand Foot Independence Fills

Hand Foot Independence Fills Learn how to play fun drum fills that require some tricky independence This Is The Hand Foot Independence Fills Drum Lesson Welcome to the hand foot independence fills drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some really exciting drum fills that require some decent limb independence.We will break down several drum fill examples and work through them together very slowly so you can fully understand them and build them up gradually.We move in small steps so we start simple and then start moving it around the drum kit in different ways.We end with a…

2 Awesome Bass Drum Fills That Are Easy To Play

2 Awesome Bass Drum Fills That Are Easy To Play Learn how to play two simple drum fills that sound really good. This Is 2 Awesome Bass Drum Fills That Are Easy To Play Drum Lesson Welcome to the funk drums course. Here we will learn how to play funk drums.Often we overlook the bass drum as an option when creating drum fills but it can really add an interesting sound to them.It can also force us to phrase things in more interesting ways so it opens lots of ideas for us.The two examples in the video below sound really…

Rudiment Conundrums

Rudiment Conundrums Learn how to play some fun rudiment based drum fills This Is The Rudiment Conundrums Drum Lesson Welcome to the rudiment conundrums drum lesson. Here we will learn how to use rudiments in interesting ways. This drum lesson uses common rudiments and mixes them into challenging phrases. Not only is it a great workout but each pattern can be used to create interesting drum fills. We start super slow on the snare drum and then look at how we can embellish these patterns and orchestrate them around the kit in interesting ways. We finish by looping them in…

Kick and Paradiddlediddle Fill Combo

Kick and Paradiddlediddle Fill Combo Learn how to play a fun paradiddlediddle drum fille. This Is The Kick and Paradiddlediddle Fill Combo Welcome to this drum lesson demonstrating a really fun kick and paradidlediddle fill combination. This is a full replay of a live lesson from within the Total Drummer Academy.I love this type of drum fill because it sounds really exciting and it works just as well as a drum fill or a phrase to use in drum solos.It uses a paradiddlediddle so we break that down slowly and then we start to move it around the drum kit.We…

Bass Drums In Fills

Bass Drums In Fills Learn how to play powerful rock drums fills using bass drums This Is The Beginner Bass Drums In Fills Lesson Welcome to the bass drums in fills drum lesson. These are beginner drum fills but are also exciting enough for any drummer to incorporate into their playing. Using bass drums in fills can create a really interesting sound and often pushes us into different phrasings that we might not delve into when just drumming with the hands. Drummers often overlook using bass drums in fills and default to just using the hands. But we have two…

Flams In Fills | Rock Fills

Flams In Fills Learn how to use flams in drum fills This Is The Flams In Fills Drum Lessons Welcome to the flams in fills lesson. Here we will learn how to use the flam rudiment in drum fills.In the drum lesson below we are going to break down eight fills that use flams in different ways.Flams are a very powerful rudiment and, although you can play them in any genre, these drum fills sound especially effective in a rock setting.A great example of using flams in fills is the opening drum fill that Dave Grohl provides in Nirvana's 'Smells…

Flamiest Flam Accent Drum Fill

Flamiest Flam Accent Drum Fill Learn how to play a fun flam accent inspired drum fill This Is The Flamiest Flam Accent Drum Fill Welcome to the flamiest flam accent drum fill. Ok that's not technically a thing....except it is now!But this is definitely a really fun drum fill that makes good use of the flam accent.The flam accent is a three note pattern involving a....yes you guessed it.......flam. That is then followed by two softer notes.This rudiment naturally lends itself to triplet subdivisions but we are going to play it over 16th notes which creates a really interesting phrasing.If…

The Best Drum Rudiment | Most Versatile Rudiment?

The Best Drum Rudiment Is this really the best drum rudiment? The Best Drum Rudiment Here we are looking at the best drum rudiment. Rudiments are awesome and give us the sticking patterns that we need to unlock our creativity on the drum kit. Rudiments are part of our language and without them we can't speak as eloquently on our instrument. And that is why we must be proficient with the core rudiments if we want to be the best we can on the drums. But which is the best rudiment? Well in reality there isn't really a 'best rudiment'…

Five Really Easy Drum Fills That Sound Amazing

Five really easy drum fills that sound amazing Learn easy fills that sound complicated Let's learn five really easy drum fills that sound amazing Here we have five really easy drum fills that sound amazing. Yes it’s true they really are simple to learn but as always you must start slow, learn the pattern correctly and gradually speed the patterns up. Sometimes when we see drummers that we admire it seems like they can play a million things in a million different ways and it can feel overwhelming. But many drummers have a few staple techniques and concepts that they…

My Favourite Set Up Drum Fill

My Favourite Set Up Drum Fill Learn My Favourite Set Up Drum Fill This Is A Set Up Drum Fill Welcome to this drum lesson where you will learn my favourite set up drum fill.Set up fills are a common rhythmic device to making a band hit or ensemble stab more impactful.This might be a big note in a big band piece where every instrument hits a figure together to create a huge accented note.Rather than that note appearing out of nowhere, the drummer might set it up with a drum fill that leads into it.You could create all sorts…