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Summary: When playing eighth-note fills in rock music, try alternating the bass drum with the snare drum. Learn how to play eighth-note rock-and-roll fills on snare drums in this free drum video lesson from a professional drummer.
David Pakman is a longtime drummer trained in rock, funk, jazz, blues and music theory, and is also a casual piano/keyboard player. He has played with two alternative/modern rock bands...read more
"So here's one idea that I could incorporate the bass drum and what I'm going to do is rather than play all of my notes on the snare drum I can alternate it and play. So let me try this one a little bit faster. And of course we can also go around the toms if I want. So there's one idea that we could incorporate the bass drum into these fills you can really do whatever you want with the hands playing eighth notes putting in some bass drum notes wherever you want."