Syncopated Fills

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Syncopated Fills

This month, we’ll explore another type of drum fill—one that incorporates syncopation. Syncopation is displacing the regular metric accent and emphasizing the weak beat. In this context, that means resting on the downbeat. With one or more of the strong…

By Dawn Richardson
Jun 18, 2021
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