Fill (music)

A fill (English: fill ) referred to in the music, the decoration of a piece of music.

General

Fills are part of the underground music in the classical music they do not occur in a strictly formal sense. They belong to the category of improvisation, since they are largely inserted freely and spontaneously in the musical passages. They are used to cover short voice or melody interruptions or emphasis of a rhythm. They can be played in a band of members of the rhythm or melody section.

Species

First, a distinction is made between fill in and fill out.

• Fill in are bridges between melodic phrases (such as pauses in breathing of the singer or breaks) that are interspersed as accented chords or melody phrases, while continuing to beat in the rhythm section. With the drum fill performed to serve to increase the rhythmic intensity of a piece of music used in particular by Kenny Clarke. In musical notation, the term calls to fill in for improvisation.

• Fill out a uniform, the beat supportive distinctive drum pattern. The time is continuously filled with rhythmically accentuated percussion sounds, such as the continuous " stirring " with the broom on the snare drum or a continuous striking of the pelvis, causing a continuous hissing noise. Representative of the fill out with the broom was particularly Denzil Best

Application form

With regard to the application form, there are melodic, harmonic and rhythmic fills.

• A melodic Fill is the short variation in the melody, for example, by Grace notes or even a tremolo.
• Harmonic fills you achieved, for example, by inserting the corresponding seventh before actually following a major chord. It is a variation of the accompanying harmonies.
• Simply by percussion rhythmic forms one fills. These are, for example, a short drum roll or variations in stroke technique.