Mario Duplantier
Gojira · Jazz-informed metal phrasing — dynamics, tom orchestration, polyrhythmic riff-locking
The fills Mario Duplantier actually uses across their path, moves and song studies — each one opens the same exercise workout the rest of the app links to.
Fills Around the Kit
Level 2Fills · 55–150 BPM
You trade: one bar of normal groove, one bar of fill. The fill walks down the kit in order so you always know where your hands are going next.
Goal: Confident fills with a clean re-entry
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
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
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