Here is a quirky drum beat and a fill I made up. It actually sounds quite cool, in a quirky sort of way. If you can think of any way to use it in a song I'd like to hear it! This might be a bit challnging to play for some but its not too difficult. Play it at around 100bpm, although if you can play it faster it might sound good too.
Key: SC - Splash, RB - Ride Bell, R - Ride, t - Small Tom, T - Mid Tom, F - Floor Tom, S - Snare, B - Bass
The beat:
SC |x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
RB |--------------x-|------x---------|--x---x-------x-|----------------|
R |--x-xxx-x-xxx---|x-xxxx--xxx-x-xx|x---xx--x-xxx---|xxxxx-----------|
t |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------oo----|
S |--o---o---oo--o-|--oo--o---o---o-|--o---o---oo--o-|--o---oo------oo|
B |0---00--0---0---|0---00--00--0--0|0---00--0---0---|00-00---00--00--|
(1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )
The fill:
SC |----------------|x---------------|----x-----------|------------x---x
RB |--------------x-|------------x---|--------------x-|----x-----------|
R |----x-----x-----|----------------|---------x------|----------------|
H |o---------------|----------o-----|------------o---|--------o-------|
t |--oo------------|--oo----------oo|----------------|----------------|
T |------oo--------|-----oo---------|oo----oo--------|--oo------------|
S |----o-------o---|----o-------o-o-|----o-------o---|----o---oo--o---|
F |--------------o-|----------------|---o------------|oo----oo------o-|
B |0-------00-0----|0-------00-0----|--0-----0-00--0-|--0-------00----0
(1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )
I'll leave the sticking up to you in the fill cause it is fairly open to different ways of playing it. Have fun.
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