Category: Fill Of The Week

It’s drum fill of the week time! Watch drum fill of the week #76 on Instagram This week’s drum fill features one of my favourite set up fills and the always classy bucket of fish. Let’s get to it. Learn The Fill Let’s get started by looking at the first half of the drum fill.…

It’s time for a flamtastic drum fill! Watch drum fill of the week #75 on instagram The week’s drum fill features only two ingredients – Flams on the snare and the bass drum. Sounds simple enough, but the bass drum gets itself stuck in some tricky places. This one might cause more trouble than you’d…

Get yer paradiddles out. It’s drum fill of the week #74! Watch fill of the week #74 on instagram. This week’s drum fill sees us combining the humble paradiddle with some single strokes to create a great sounding drum fill. This drum fill is great if you’re starting to work on incorporating paradiddles into your…

This week’s fill sees us welcome back an old friend: The three 16th note pattern. Watch drum fill of the week #73 on instagram This a great sounding rock drum fill. The snare drum plays every third sixteenth note, the floor tom provides warmth and heaviness on the 8th notes and the bass drum fills…

This week’s drum fill is getting funky. Check it out! Watch Drum Fill Of The Week #72 on Instagram. This kind of drum fill is what I refer to as a hybrid drum fill. It mixes a groove fill – where you’re focused on playing a fill between the bass and snare drum while keeping…

664 – the number of the drummer View Drum Fill #71 on Instagram This week’s drum fill uses our old friend, the 6-6-4 phrasing. We’re playing a 6 note grouping twice and then putting a 4 note group on the end. It’s a simple concept, but one that works well and sounds very musical. We’ve…

12 / 8 = drum fill of the week #70! This week’s drum fill, like groove of the week #70 is in the 12/8 time signature. You might want to check out groove of the week #70 for some further drum fill suggestions in 12/8. Our drum fill this week features flams and bass drums…

It’s bass drum workout day! This week’s drum fill is based around groups of 7 being played between the hands and the bass drum. Its a fairly simple fill to play but it may help you get used to working with 7 note groups. We’ve previously played a similar idea with 5 note groups on…

The secret code for this week is RLK… Shh… don’t tell anyone! This week’s drum fill uses one of the most popular patterns in drumming history – Right – Left – Kick. This pattern has been around since the dawn of time and the 16th note triplet version is a rock drumming staple. Our last…

The paradiddle returns! This week’s drum fill uses a very common sticking pattern – a paradiddle followed by an inverted (or inward) paradiddle. This is a very useful sticking for both fills and grooves. If you like this drum fill, check out fill of the week #63 for a similar idea. Learn The Fill Let’s…