Bill Bruford
Yes / King Crimson / Earthworks · The thinking drummer's drummer — crisp snare voice, odd meters, interlocking parts
The fills Bill Bruford actually uses across their path, moves and song studies — each one opens the same exercise workout the rest of the app links to.
Written Fill Repetition
Level 3Fills · 55–150 BPM
Composed fills are written once and played the same way every night. This is the opposite of improvising: you decide the notes once and then repeat them exactly.
Goal: Repeatable, song-worthy fills
WorkoutLinear Fills (Kick–Hand–Hand)
Level 4Fills · 55–140 BPM
A repeating group of three: kick, then hand, then hand. Because a bar of 16ths is 16 notes and the group is 3 notes long, the pattern shifts every bar — which is why it sounds clever.
Goal: Modern linear fill vocabulary
WorkoutCrash Cymbal Fills — Landing With Impact
Level 2Fills · 55–150 BPM
The most common fill shape in music: a quick phrase across the toms right before the bar ends, then a big crash-plus-kick landing exactly on beat 1 of the new bar to mark the arrival.
Goal: Confident, punchy fill endings that mark the new bar clearly
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