Beginner Drum Fill Concepts

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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 is a graduate of John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio and holds a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Findlay.

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