Patterns, rudiments, and scales are meant to develop facility on the instrument. They generally don't have a melodic quality and are supposed to be played as evenly as possible. Licks are short melodic phrases that are either transcribed or invented and are guaranteed to sound good. Fills are similar to licks and are short phrases used by drummers to transition from one section to the next. Improvisation is spontaneously creating a short piece within certain parameters. You c

Here's one way to interpret the melody to Au Privave for snare drum. I just copied the rhythms onto the snare drum line and then added sticking and accents that matched the shape of the melody. Then, I wrote a snare drum solo over some of those themes. Enjoy! Pdf's and videos are available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/au-privave-144493283?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link