drum fills and drum rolls on a keyboard

[johnny196775]

Keeping a beat doesn't seem to difficult when drumming on a keyboard. But i was wondering if there are any online lessons about doing drum fills and or drum rolls on a keyboard.

i am sorry if this has been asked before but i did not know where to post this question.

Please excuse my ignorance.

 

[CowboyNQ]

Hey Johnny,

Google "finger drumming". You'll find a lot of stuff relating to sample pads, but you can also find keyboard-related stuff. A lot of the principles are the same, in any case.

Good luck and have fun!

Paul

 

[William Brookfield]

Live one handed drum fills and rolls on midi keyboard requires that one takes into account the structure of the human hand. I lay out the toms on the keys so that, as the hand opens/expand the toms go from high to low. This means (for me) that while high toms are adjacent(C,C# D) the middle tom (B,.. D#,E) and floor tom (A.. and F) are split. This is my right handed, extended roll tom layout that I access with a momentary pedal when I wish to perform an extended tom roll or tom fill. Because the keyboard is up/down symmetric, adaption of this for left handed players is also possible. I use only one hand because I need the other hand for many other musical jobs.