Alain Rieder
Silver Member
They're based on groups of 3 notes although there are 4 notes per beat.I hear fills like that fairly often in a lot of different songs but I've always had trouble translating that to my playing. Is there a term for that kind of fill that I can use in the future to describe that style?
There are 4 accents evenly spaced in the first three beats, so it outlines a 4:3 polyrhythm.
These rhythms are used a lot, you're right. I'm writing a ground-breaking book on this subject, so keep posted on my site if you're interested.
In my Time Manipulation drum book there's a full section on this kind of rhythms in a groove context.