Our goal is to insert each of the fills into the end of each groove where the slash is written.įirst, we’ll play the pattern, then add the first fill on the snare drum, then repeat the beat, but this time we’ll play the same fill on the high tom, repeating the groove and moving the fill around the rest of the toms. You’ll notice that there are only three beats of each groove written out, followed by a slash with the word “fill” written above it. There are six common types of grooves beneath them. This exercise has eight common one-beat fills, seen at the top of the exercise, with each fill’s sticking written underneath. Most great groove drummers eschew complicated fills in favor of simpler, more familiar patterns, so we’ll do the same in this exercise.
Here’s an exercise to help you get better at transitioning back and forth between your grooves and fills. Grooving and getting in and out of your fills smoothly is of the utmost importance to any performing drummer. Since other musicians usually hire us to play songs in a musically appropriate and supportive manner, grooving well is more important for most drummers than improving their blastbeats, soloing, or breaking the land-speed record for double-gridded flam paradiddles. This is actually good news because it means we can all improve at this essential skill simply by working at it persistently and pragmatically.
It’s the norm to have to work hard to develop a nice consistent pocket.
You may assume it’s an innate talent some lucky drummers are just born with - but you’d be mistaken. Far too many drummers struggle with getting into and out of their fills while other drummers just seem to do it easily and naturally.
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