Beginner Drum Fill Concepts

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Description

This drum lesson explores beginner drum fill concepts and gives a few examples of notated drum fills along with ideas for successful practice.

LESSON NOTATION (PDF)

Learn more drum fill concepts with Dawn Richardson’s book, Chart-Topping Drum Fills: The 60s Through Today.

Author

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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