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Drum Lesson: Falling Down The Stairs | Drum Fills
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(27 ratings)
1,136 students
Created byPractice Drumming
Last updated 2/2023
English

What you'll learn

  • The concept of a 'fill element'.
  • How fill elements can spur creativity.
  • A fill element called 'falling down the stairs'.
  • How to use falling down the stairs in a full fill and beat.

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Course content

4 sections • 10 lectures • 30m total length

  • Introduction1:52

    In this lesson, we'll give you a high level overview of the course, and some points to consider as you move through it.

  • What You'll Learn & How To Use It.2:19

    In this lesson, we'll give you a preview of what a fill element is, and how we'll apply it. We'll also give you some tips for success to keep in mind as you progress through the course.

  • Introduction Quiz

Requirements

  • Have a drum set, acoustic or electronic.
  • Have a device (laptop, tablet, phone) and platform to set it on, near your drum set.
  • Have isolation headphones, so you can listen and play along with the practice videos.

Description

Many drummers struggle with fills, especially when it comes to creating their own. We get asked frequently, 'How do I come up with fills?' or 'How do I increase my creativity?'.

Although there are a lot of answers to this question, and there’s no single, concrete way, and in this course we’re going to show you one thing that has worked really well for us. This tool is called ‘fill elements’, meaning we’re going to isolate a really small phrase, apply it to a fill, and then show you how it could be used while improvising.

In this course, you will learn:

  • What a fill element is.

  • How to play a fill element called 'falling down the stairs'.

  • How to apply that element to a full fill.

  • How to combine that full fill with a beat.

Additionally, we've added in several 'practice sessions' into this course. These practice session are meant to be play along videos, giving you a similar type of guidance to playing 1:1 with a live instructor.

Our philosophy is this: Learn the exercises by watching, get on your kit, play along, and move up in speed. Repetitions are what make measurable results, and we're here to help you get them!

Who this course is for:

  • Drummers who have an intermediate level of experience, are interested in improvising and learning more fills.

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