Three Great Drum Fills For Fast Tempos

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[@MikeBarnesDrums]

“You’re going too fast!”, people cry! So check out the practice-along versions on the channel members’ page, where you can slow the tempos down as much as you like, loop the material and practice along at your own pace: buymeacoffee.com/mikebarnesdrums/three-great-drum-fills-for-fast-tempos-notation-practice-alongs Become a channel member of this channel or support it by “buying a coffee” here: www.buymeacoffee.com/mikebarnesdrums Thanks, as ever to all channel members and supporters. I hugely appreciate your support and hope you find it useful.

[@blox_fruits1234]

Thank You soo muuch for this new video, this is exactly what I wanted to learn. Your channel helps me a lot and I have lots of fun watching!

[@blox_fruits1234]

Also, I had asked for a video like this a couple of days ago. And I am very grateful that u made this inspiring and helpful video.

[@SteveFields-tm9je]

I like your energy, I'm 72 and still play a bit 😊

[@peteskyrunner4845]

Great video Mike. A lot of the videos I see showing fills are designed for a slower tempo and the fills are complicated and really don't sound good at higher tempos, but these really work well. The first one is similar to the 'Motown' fill you have done before and works well at a fast tempo. The third one is very similar to a fill I devised myself but I just play the floor tom and high rack top and then double kick, finishing on the snare and crash. Your version with the triplicate toms looks a bit more challenging but I will give it a go 🙂

[@gfuterfas]

Oh these are fun!

[@jchope777]

I use that 3rd fill all the time 😆 Thanks Mike!

[@mazydrums5714]

❤

[@YTmrcrisp]

I can't even say 'nice cuppa tea' that fast 😄👍🏻

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Ha! Actually interesting point, you don't need to say it that fast. Words and phrases like that do the same job as counting IMO - they're your "candle in the dark" when first working things out, putting them together and building them up. Once you're at full speed, the idea is that whatever you're playing should be engrained by then and you won't need to say it along, just the same as drummer's don't sit on stage counting at full speed. Video about counting for you discussing this point here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpbcqaualLOob8Ufeature=shared Thanks for watching.

[@andrewmartin919]

I can't stop saying 'nice cuppa tea, nice cuppa tea, nice' when I'm walking around the house! Great fills to learn and the practice on 'hands' really helps out. Thanks Mike!

[@meandair]

Hi Mike, hope you you are well! Been playing or learning about a year now & just learning single handed 16th note grooves using Moeller technique. Question is now after some success, how the hell do you get back in from a fill. Dumb sounding question I know but the 1st beat of the new bar being a crash means you get back onto the hi hat with a tap stroke on the e which then feels like your moeller is backwards, & completely out of whack.

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Thanks for watching! Reply for you here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX6aaJyrr52qkK8

[@SeanPlayfair]

Hi Mike. Can you tell us about your kit, what does it cost! I'm starting out, just got a distinction on Rockschool debut... I currently have a cheap set from Amazon at home, great for mixing sound but clear limitations in terms of dynamics, anf facilities... What would you have to spend on a leccy kit to get through to grade 8?

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Drumtec Diabolo kick and toms, Roland snare and cymbals, Roland TD-11 Module. Vids below… Kit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3m0k5uLbLp5q68 Sounds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2elZ4VmfNR2qLc How it’s recorded: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKWWmY1pqb5slaM

[@SwissKensaku]

I was just wondering, what happened to your red drums. The one you taught grade 5 with.

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

@@SwissKensaku yep still have it, Yamaha Recording Custom from the 1980s. Great kit. Tend to use my Cambridge Drum Company kit when I’m on acoustic as I endorse them and it’s a superb kit 👌🏻