Or any quasi-Cuban, Caribbean, salsoid Latin style. Mozambique is our default for thing for that type of groove. I’ve covered this way of filling before, here I’ll give suggested accents and stickings for a timbale-like sound.
Our source for fill rhythms here is Syncopation, pp. 34 and 36-7. To make them easy to integrate with the Mozambique groove, use rhythms that start with a rest. Play the fills on a high tom (to start), housetop accents are rimshots, normal accents are lighter. The suggested stickings have the rim shots falling on the left hand.
Playing the practice phrase, it’s worth practicing a clean break— ending the groove on the & of 4 of bar 3, and coming back in with the groove on beat 2 at the top of the phrase. You can practice that by just resting on the fill measure.
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This is a great summation of the concept to have on hand. Thank you for taking the time to put it together here