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By Wesley Newton Published on: Wed May 11, 2022
Play a sixteenth note groove. After a bar, orchestrate single strokes (RLRL), double strokes (RRLL) and single paradiddles (RLRR LRLL) on the snare drum, hi-tom, mid-tom and the floor tom as fills, ending with a crash on 1 of the following bar.
Accomplished drummer and a Grade 8 in Drums with Distinction from Trinity College of Music, your teacher brings 2 decades of professional experience. He has played with iconic bands such as Groovemeister and Blushing Satellite at prestigious music festivals across the country and internationally.
The concept of rudiments can be applied anywhere on the drum kit. In this blog, you will learn how rudiments play such an important part of orchestrating fills and how grooves can sound so much better with rudiments as fills.
Rudiments are the building blocks for a great drummer. Without starting with rudiments and getting better at fundamentals, no one can sound great at playing drums. Every time you start practising, make sure you invest at least 10 minutes of your time to brush up on your basic rudiments – single strokes, double strokes and paradiddles.
If you are not aware of these rudiments or are finding it hard to remember, please check one of our initial blog posts that talk about these rudiments. Practising rudiments is one thing, practising them right is another. Make sure when you play rudiments, every stroke on the right hand should sound the same as on the left.
Some students make the mistake of hitting the first stroke of a double stroke harder than the next one. Ensure you correct these mistakes and take it slow in the beginning.
Let’s start with a 4/4 groove in standard sixteenth notes. After a bar, transition into the fill with single strokes and double strokes on the snare drum, hi-tom, mid-tom and the floor-tom. Keep in mind that with every right-hand single stroke, add a kick drum and resolve the fill with a crash on count 1 of the following bar.
For paradiddles, when you play the fill after the groove, the hand that leads changes. As the pattern is (RLRR) and (LRLL) for a single paradiddle, while on the fill, the snare drum will have the right hand leading; the hi-tom has the left hand leading, mid-tom will have the right hand leading, and the floor tom will have the left hand leading.
The secret is to take it slow, practise until every rudiment sounds clean and forget about playing fast for now, which will happen in due course of time as you practise more. In the next blog, we learn the disco groove. Stay tuned!
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