Here is the same Video: For almost all handheld devices and other browsers. Single or Double Stroke, Whole Measure Fills: Practice the above pattern as single strokes (RLRL) until you have it memorized. Be able to adapt it to a beat in progress,
then use it with music. You will discover thousands of ways to re-configure this pattern around the set.
Use your imagination and experiment! Let the creative juices flow! Just let go and improvise. Paradiddle configurations . . . Eighth Triplets: 8th-note triplets may be used with almost any beat pattern (ie: Funk, Fatback, 4th Rock & others). Other Fill Types: I hope you are moving along nicely with the above ideas. Now we will pick up on a few more roll types. 4th or Quarter Triplets: The above fill type is a note value. It is a triplet form but half the speed of eighth triplets at the same tempo.
Remember to keep the bass tempo rock solid steady as you execute this fill with a beat in progress and finally
with a song. Try to alternate between eighth triplets and fourth triplets within the same beat pattern in progress. Sixteenth Triplets: Roger's (4-stroke) Ruff: This sound file . . . adapts
the 4-stroke ruff to the Basic Shuffle Beat. Sometimes called the 'Roger's Ruff', it may be used with almost any beat pattern too (ie: Funk,
Fatback, 4th Rock & others) if the tempo is slow enough. REMEMBER! You are only human! There
ARE limits here! Combinations: Sorry! No sound file. My little midi file maker croaked on this one. Score one point for us lowly humanoids! This is a simple example of
the human imagination at work. Can you see the billions of ways these roll patterns
may be configured to create countless fill possibilities? The rhythmic variables are virtually endless! There are many, many other rolls to learn but our space is limited here. Virtually all rudiments and note values
may be applied as fills to any beat. Try the above ideas with Swing, Shuffle, Waltz, 16th 4/4 and even 12/8 Blues.
I wish for the space to illustrate all these techniques but like I said, there are limits. Check out Tempo dispatch #24. It is designed to help you create your own innovative fills. Copyright Bill Powelson 1994-2008-2014 @ all rights reserved.
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Rudiments, Rolls and Fills (Part 2)
Whole Measure Fills:
If you still do not have a drumset then simply continue to pound away on the computer desk in front of you.
Begin very slowly and count each stroke. I will assume here that you already understand the earlier lesson,
'Rudiments, Rolls and Fills, (Part 1)': Singles, Doubles, Paradiddles and Triplets.
This lesson is an extension of that one. Now we will concentrate on whole measure versions of the same rolls. It is really
the same thing doubled.
VIDEO: This video clip is large and slow loading. Click on it now, and allow it to load while you study the techniques below. The
video will play each of the fills below, in sequence. (This particular video version was designed for Internet Explorer -Windows Media Player.)
Hear this fill! I have
combined it with a Basic 8th-note rock beat but it works well
with many beats (ie: Funk, Fatback, Shuffle, 4th Rock & others).
Now change the stroke pattern to doubles (RRLL) and continue to experiment the same way. From there, try an endless variety of . . .
TIP: This is much easier than it looks, if you know your paradiddles. Simply place your right hand (stick) on one drum and the left on another.
Play a full measure of 16th paradiddles then return to the beat.
Eighth triplets may be treated the same way. After you have the feel of the pattern in your mind, just move to
different drums (toms) with the same feel. Some ideas will be quick and easy to manipulate while others will hang
you up and slow you down. Stick with the easy moves at first. Save the tough stuff for later.
The above triplet form is exactly double the speed of 8th triplets at a relative tempo and three times
the speed of 4th triplets. It may be impossible to play at fast tempos. Use it only in slow tempo songs until your
speed and coordination have had a chance to develop. It works quite well with slow 8th 4/4 bass syncopations.
This very useful rudiment was on the Roger's Rudiment Charts, in the days before the Roger's Drum Company bought the farm.
Slowly over time, it is becoming more widely known as the 4-stroke Ruff.
Mix and match combinations are fun and easy. Think of the possibilities! Try a half measure of singles followed by a
half measure of Paradiddles or Eighth Triplets. The potential configurations are nearly infinite. The more roll types we know how to play,
the more combination possibilities we will discover.
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