Better Drum Fills - Broken 16th Notes

[@fredjeannieschultz1251]

John Bonham played a lot of "broken 16ths" in his drum fills. I think that's partly what gave him his sound-all of the notes that he left out.

[@swagner89]

Yes! Almost every tutorial I see has all the extra space filled up with a ghost note on the snare. What you don't play is just as important!

[@rayboreham2648]

Away the lads! Subscribed, canny lad.

[@generationterrorist1]

Youre my favourite fill ❤

[@philthebeat]

Haha love you mate x

[@andythompson2806]

simple and effective! Great training, thanks. Subbed!

[@philthebeat]

Thanks Andy! 👊🏻

[@ddrumcorner4682]

Hey there Phil ! well idk if this is a better name .. but i call them partials, because they're broken parts of the beat ..and we can find partials for every note rate. i tried finding a term that's not specific to any one note rate but, i guess we can say broken triplets too so fair game. i really dont think theres an official term though. weird huh??

[@philthebeat]

I suppose they're just combos of 8th and 16th notes at the end of the day, but referencing them against a group of four single stroke 16ths.

[@Jazzfestn]

The BEST "drum fill" is the one that FITS THE SONG" and has NOTHING to do with TECHNIQUE or GIMMICKS like these

[@philthebeat]

Well, I agree with the first part at least 🙂

[@Bill-vy3fx]

I've always called those broken 16ths too. The guys over at drumeo call them broken 16ths as well.

[@philthebeat]

Good to know! Thanks :)

[@ofdrumsandchords]

I have a better name : rhythms. When you listen to metal drummers, you can hear very simple things played at incredibly fast tempos. Now, listen to Cuban or Brazilian music.

[@philthebeat]

These rhythms are super important for metal too, it's great to try these exercises on double kick too!

[@ofdrumsandchords]

@@philthebeatI can't. My left foot is busy playing the clave.

[@philthebeat]

@@ofdrumsandchords Haha fair enough!

[@AllenAndersonTaylor]

So syncopation?😂

[@philthebeat]

Nope