ISSUE #24 \__\__\___THE____/__/__/  Dec. 5, 1998 _____________TEMPO DISPATCH _____________ Newsletter For Drummers and Drumming Enthusiasts     Copyright Bill Powelson 1998 all rights reserved. ___________________________________________ ____________'IT'S ALL ABOUT DRUMS'__________ Tips * Tricks * Hints * Ads * Freebies * Lessons * __________NOW 1,750 SUBSCRIBERS!__________ "THE TEMPO DISPATCH" is a FREE publication Originating From: BILL POWELSON'S,            HOMESTUDY INSTITUTE OF DRUMS ____On The Web * Where Beginners Learn FREE ___ http://www.studydrums.com/drummers/bphome01.html             E-MAIL: drums01@worldnet.att.net _____________________________________________ The focus and intent of this publication is to unite, enlighten, instruct and entertain all the percussion enthusiasts of the Internet. For REMOVAL, simply hit reply and type REMOVE on the subject line. _____________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS:  What is in this issue? Contents:       1. Feature Article:  Playing Perfect Fills:                 ALL MYSTERIES SOLVED!       2. Humor: (Another sick Bass Player joke.)       3. Advertisements       4. Drum Instructors Wanted!       5. Special Message for Paid Mac Students ______________________________________ |__________FEATURE ARTICLE___________| PLaying Perfect Fills:        ALL MYSTERIES SOLVED!        In this lesson, I want to help those of you   who may be having trouble with fills.  This is a   very simple lesson, but it could save years of grief   if you understand it!   LEARN TO CONNECT WITH AD-LIB FILLS IN   MID-SONG, EVERY TIME!  NO MISTAKES! EVER!   In a nutshell . . . IT IS ALL IN THE WAY WE USE THE BASS DRUM TO MARK TIME AS WE MOVE FROM FILL TO BEAT AND BACK!          Simply use your bass to mark-time as you play   every fill.  Once the habit is established you will   never miss your timing again.   TO BE MORE SPECIFIC:        As we play most beat patterns in 4/4, the bass   is 'natural' when played as half-notes on the counts   of 1 & 3.        To get the hang of this . . . Learn all the standard   fills in 'half measure' segments. Be sure to play a bass   drum note along with the first note of each half-measure   fill segment, so that your BASS is ALWAYS CONSTANT,   whether you are playing a BEAT OR A FILL.        I am suggesting that you revert to half notes on the   bass just prior to playing a fill, then maintain half-notes   as you play the fill and finally re-connect with the beat.   The bass drum will be constant throughout the entire process.   After the fill has been executed, more complex bass patterns   may be resumed  . . . until it is time for the next fill, then revert   back again.        All my lessons in the HOMESTUDY COURSE are set up this   in mind.  If you learn to play the standard fills as   they are shown in the lessons . . . all your ad-lib fills should   soon come natural in the same way.        See the lesson, 'Rudiments, Rolls and Fills: PART I'   at:        www.studydrums.com/drummers/fills01.html     Get the single, Double, Paradiddle and 8th Triplet fills   working first.  Then, tackle the hidden lesson, (PART II) at:        http://home.att.net/~drums01/fills44.html   you will learn to extend all of those same fills and a few   others, to any length you choose.  These standard fills may   be varied around the kit, to any of the toms and stretched   to any lengths, using this same 'half-measure' formula,   marking-time with half notes on the bass drum.  Your fills   may be any length you choose; half-measure, whole-measure,   one-and-one-half measures, two-measures or more.  It is your   choice and it is easy to accomplish once you 'feel' the   bass drum part and the half-measure version of each fill, first.    From then on it is a simple matter of doubling, tripling or   quadrupling the half-measure patterns that have been previously   mastered.   TO SIMPLIFY: (Another approach)        I know all that sounds complicated but it isn't at all.        * Play a Basic Rock beat with the bass on 1 & 3.        * Drop your fill (any fill) but keep your bass constant!   Return to the hi-hat and resume the beat on the next (or any)   bass drum.  The bass will always be at the same tempo.  Each   bass note represents the potential resumation of the beat   you were playing before the fill.        That's all there is to it.  Practice many types of fill   patterns using this same simple formula.   AD-LIB FILLS:        Ad-lib fills are fills you create on your own.  If your   timing doesn't get lost in the shuffle . . . you may do ANYTHING   as a fill.  It could be one note or 100 notes, provided you never   lose track of the (bass) beat.  If you maintain the bass at a   constant (half-note) tempo . . . and remember to return to your   beat pattern on a bass note (any bass note) . . . it will always   work out.    NOTE:  When you play basic rock, you will be playing half   notes on the bass.  Simply maintain the same bass tempo   as you play your fills and you will never be lost.          Actually, ad-lib fills are mixed assortments of all the standard   fills.  No matter what you may play, it will end up being a mixed   bag of different note value rolls and stroke pattern arrangements.   In other words, you can mix 8th triplets with 16th Singles   Doubles, or Paradiddles. . . or ANYTHING.    AD-LIB 'FILL' SUGGESTIONS . . .        *  Mix any roll, with any other roll . . .        *  Accent certain notes louder than others . . .        *  Rest or leave out notes randomly as you prefer . . .        *  Move to different parts of the kit doing all the above.        The choices are endless and THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, if you maintain your timing, by . . . 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END OF TEMPO DISPATCH #24  December 5, 1998