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- Quarter Note Beats #1

x x x x x x

x x x

x x x x x x

x x x

#2

#3

#4

x x x

x x

#5

#6

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- Eighth Note Beats #1

x x x x x x

x x x x x x

x x x x x

x x x x x x

#2

x x

x x

#3

x x x

x x x

#4

x x x

x x x

#5

#6

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- Sixteenth Note Beats #1

x x x x x x

x x x x x x

x x x x x x x

x x x x

#2

#3

#4

x x

x x

x x x

#5

#6

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- Two-Handed Sixteenth Note Beats R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L

#1

x x
R

x x x x x
R

x
L

x
R

x
L

#2

x
L

x
R

x
L

x
R

#3

x x
R

x
L

x
L

x
R

x
L

#4

x
L

x
R

x
R

x
L

x x
L

#5

x
R

x
L

x
L

x
R

x
L

x
L

x
R

x
L

x
R

#6

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- Tom-Tom Beats #1

#2

..

#3

#4

#5

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- Half Time Beats #1

x x x x x x

x x x x x x x

#2

x x

x x

x x x x x x

#3

#4

x x

x x x

#5

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- Sixteenth Note Accent Beats #1

x x

> x > x

x > x

x x

x > x

> x

#2

>

x >

>

x >

#3

#4

> x

> x

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- Quarter Note Fills #1

x x x x x x

x x x x x x

x x x x x x

x x x x x x

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

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- Eighth Note Fills #1

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

#2

#3

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

#4

#5

#6

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- Broken Eighth Note Fills #1

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

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- Sixteenth Note Fills #1

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

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- Broken Sixteenth Note Fills #1

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
L R L

#2

#3

R L

R L L R L R L R L

#4

x x x x x x x x
R L

#5

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
R L R L R L R L

L R

L R

R L

#6

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- Sixteenth Note Accent Fills #1

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

#2

#3

#4

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