Unique Crash Placements in "Down-the-Tom" Fills

Unique Crash Placements in “Down-the-Tom” Fills

By Nate Brown Drum Beats, Level 2 Drum Beats, Rock drum fills

Accenting the down-the-tom fills with crashes brings a new flavor to the classic fill technique. These four drum fill examples feature the bass drum along with each crash. The audio example plays each fill one time before moving on.

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Nate Brown

Publisher of OnlineDrummer.com, Alfred Publishing author, Ddrum artist, and veteran Drum! Magazine contributor, Nate earned his Bachelor of Arts in Education at John Carroll University and Master of Arts in Education at the University of Findlay.

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Unique Crash Placements in “Down-the-Tom” Fills

Unique Crash Placements in “Down-the-Tom” Fills

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