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Five Great Rock Fills

Five Great Rock Fills Learn how to play five epic drum fills from famous rock songs This Lesson Shows You Five Great Rock Drum Fills Welcome to the five great rock fills drum lesson. Us drummers are always on the search for new drum fill inspiration and often the best starting point is to study our favourite songs.And that's exactly what we do in this drum lesson. We will break down some of the best rock drum fills from:MuseNirvanaJimmy HendrixPhil CollinsSoundgardenIn doing so we will study the approach to fills from Dave Grohl, Dominic Howard, Mitch Mitchell, Matt Cameron and…

Mixed Subdivisions Drum Lesson

Mixed Subdivisions Drum Lesson Learn how to play fills and grooves whilst changing gears. This Is The Mixed Subdivisions Drum Lesson Welcome to the mixed subdivisions drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play between different note values within a bar.This is sometimes described as switching gears and having command of these rhythmic shenanigans allows you to play very interesting drum beats and fills.Just imagine that every beat and fill you play is all sixteenth notes. It would get very predictable and boring. But after this lesson you will be able to flow between:Quarter notesEighth notesEighth note tripletsSixteenth notesQuintupletsSextupletsThese…

Cool Reggae Drum Lick

Cool Reggae Drum Lick Learn how to play an awesome reggae phrase that sounds exciting This Is The Cool Reggae Drum Lick Welcome to this drum lesson where we will learn a very cool reggae drum lick. You are most probably aware that reggae is a genre that hails from Jamaica and for the most part it is not about showing off or having big egos on the drums.It is much more focussed on groove. And it's a tricky thing to get that laid back groove sounding just right. But it's really fun trying.So in this lesson we will touch…

Sextuplet Fills with Bass Drums

Sextuplet Fills with Bass Drums Learn how to play awesome sounding drum fills This Is The Sextuplet Fills with Bass Drums Drum Lesson Welcome to the sextuplet fills with bass drums lesson. Here we will learn how to play some exciting drum fills that are actually easy to learn.We will take the humble sextuplet (also known as a 16th note triplet) and breakdown ways that we can build fill phrases within them. But we will also go a step further and substitute some of the notes with bass drums. This creates a very interesting effect that makes your fills sound…

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…