I use a lot of tap-diddles and tap-diddle-diddles. More useful for fills if you keep your toms tuned up (versus just-above-a-wrinkle-tuning), but you can still make it work with accented taps on your toms and the diddles on the snare if you like really low-tuned toms, too. Where uppercase are the accented singles and lowercase are the doubles: R-ll-rr-L-rr-ll R-ll-R-ll rr-L-rr-L, for example. Or one of my favorites, R-ll-rr-L-rr-ll-R-ll-rr-L-rr-ll-R-L-R-L
The accent on the single tap is a handy tool for helping you to practice giving your singles the space that they need, otherwise I notice that people (myself included) tend to rush when the diddle starts, and so by the end of a phrase, if you're not practicing with a metronome, most people end up a half beat ahead of where they should be. Plus it just sounds better (imo).
Don't know what to practice next? This blueprint will show you:
academy.cameronfleury.com/metal-drumming-journey-blueprint
these videos are criminally underrated. more people need to watch this!
Much appreciated!
This guy (drummer) is fucking SICK!!! Great instruction and great feel.
Thanks so much! 🙏🤘🤘
I use a lot of tap-diddles and tap-diddle-diddles. More useful for fills if you keep your toms tuned up (versus just-above-a-wrinkle-tuning), but you can still make it work with accented taps on your toms and the diddles on the snare if you like really low-tuned toms, too. Where uppercase are the accented singles and lowercase are the doubles: R-ll-rr-L-rr-ll R-ll-R-ll rr-L-rr-L, for example. Or one of my favorites, R-ll-rr-L-rr-ll-R-ll-rr-L-rr-ll-R-L-R-L
The accent on the single tap is a handy tool for helping you to practice giving your singles the space that they need, otherwise I notice that people (myself included) tend to rush when the diddle starts, and so by the end of a phrase, if you're not practicing with a metronome, most people end up a half beat ahead of where they should be. Plus it just sounds better (imo).
Awesome! Very helpful. I am always on the lookout for new twists on fills.
Very cool. Thank you Cameron.
You're welcome!
Widely used in jazz mostly but saw it metal and rock as well from times to times ...
Love it.
Thank you very helpful 💯
You're very welcome!