If you donвЂ™t have a kit yet or are looking to get one, be sure to read our roundup on the best cheap drum sets available. Get creative! This is where we shine as drummers! The best part? You can take any of the fills we looked at today and move them around the drums. In reality, there are so many options out there!

These are only five of the easiest drum fills out there. ItвЂ™s common for new drummers to get ahead of themselves when they feel a little bit of confidence. Take it slow and try your best not to rush the sixteenth notes. This pattern has started so many songs over the years. ItвЂ™s a sixteenth note pattern that begins on the snare and follows all the toms down. Sixteenths all dayДЇor our final beginner drum fill, hereвЂ™s a classic. Sticking for this fill is very straightforward: RLRL, just as you would normally play ( if youвЂ™re a right-handed player). This one features, the snare drum, though it can be moved to any drum on your kit (or even split up between drums). I challenge you to tell me youвЂ™ve never heard this one on a record before. The вЂњflam bombвЂќ is one of the most common drum fills in rock music. In some cases, both notes of the flam can be loud. The grace note is played lightly, while the regular note is normal velocity. If youвЂ™re unaware, a flam is a type of drum rudiment that uses whatвЂ™s known as a grace note prior to the regular note. IвЂ™m not entirely sure why I named this fill the вЂњflam bomb,вЂќ but it seems appropriate. This will make returning to the groove much easier! 3. If youвЂ™re a right-handed drummer, I suggest you either start this fill with your left hand, or play a second right-hand hit on beat four. Why you ask? Since this fill in particular is five notes total, you will always end up on the opposite hand you began with. The bad? You may want to start this fill with your opposite lead hand. The good news? You wonвЂ™t have to move drums. Sixteenth snare drum fillДЇill number two is already looking a little more challenging! For starters, we have sixteenth notes, which get half the value of an eight note. It can be tricky to get your hand over to the floor tom quickly, so you can drop off the hi-hat part on beat two if youвЂ™re having an issue. This will get you comfortable with the feel and timing prior to adding the floor tom. One way to get comfortable with this fill at first is to only play the left hand (snare drum part). Simple build upДrum fill number one features a snare drum and floor tom build on beats three and four at the end of a four-bar phrase. If youвЂ™re new to reading reading drum music, I strongly suggest you take a few minutes to read my article on understanding notation. Increase the speed by five clicks once you know for certain you are comfortable with it. Start these grooves off slow, using a metronome. Each groove will be a three-bar phrase followed by a one-bar fill, totaling a four-bar phrase. ItвЂ™s a very simple kick, snare, and hi-hat groove. Now, for all of these drum fills, we will use the same groove, The Money Beat, to set them up.

Now that you understand the definition and role of drum fills, letвЂ™s tackle some easy ones! Jazz groups wonвЂ™t be too happy with hard-hitting thirty-second note fills around the toms. While it is fun and exciting, be sure not to take away from the music being played if your fills are out of the style. However, while true, this isnвЂ™t the only expression of fills you should concern yourself with. TheyвЂ™re like mini solos, kind ofДЇor many, drum fills are the one part of a song where the drummer can show off and put a spotlight on their playing. Drummers like Mike Portnoy or Neil Peart are often regarded as having very bombastic drum fills. In other styles of music, drum-heavy playing is emphasized like in metal or progressive rock for example. Depending on the genre or style of music, a great drum fill might just be a measure long break before returning to the groove.

Most drum parts in popular music consist of three main elements: rests (breaks where we donвЂ™t play), grooves, and fills.ДЄ drum fill is simply a deviation from the groove of a song to add excitement and flair, usually at the end of a four or eight-bar phrase.Дrum fills donвЂ™t need to be complicated, either.

Very basic drum beats