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The 40 Drum Rudiments

Rudiments are the vocabulary of drumming: the standard sticking patterns every drummer practices. These are the 40 International Drum Rudiments from the Percussive Arts Society, in four families. Each page has notation with sticking, play-along audio with the right hand on the right speaker and the left hand on the left, and tips for practicing it.

Roll rudiments

#1Single Stroke RollR L R L R L R L#2Single Stroke FourR L R L#3Single Stroke SevenR L R L R L R#4Multiple Bounce RollR L R L (each stroke buzzed)#5Triple Stroke RollR R R L L L#6Double Stroke Open RollR R L L#7Five Stroke RollR R L L R / L L R R L#8Six Stroke RollR L L R R L#9Seven Stroke RollR R L L R R L / L L R R L L R#10Nine Stroke RollR R L L R R L L R / L L R R L L R R L#11Ten Stroke RollR R L L R R L L R L#12Eleven Stroke RollR R L L R R L L R R L#13Thirteen Stroke RollR R L L R R L L R R L L R#14Fifteen Stroke RollR R L L R R L L R R L L R R L#15Seventeen Stroke RollR R L L R R L L R R L L R R L L R

Diddle rudiments

#16Single ParadiddleR L R R L R L L#17Double ParadiddleR L R L R R L R L R L L#18Triple ParadiddleR L R L R L R R L R L R L L#19Single Paradiddle-DiddleR L R R L L

Flam rudiments

#20FlamlR rL#21Flam AccentlR L R rL R L#22Flam TaplR R rL L#23FlamacuelR L R L lR#24Flam ParadiddlelR L R R rL R L L#25Single Flammed MilllR R L R rL L R L#26Flam Paradiddle-DiddlelR L R R L L rL R L L R R#27PataflaflalR L R rL#28Swiss Army TripletlR R L#29Inverted Flam TaplR L rL R#30Flam DraglR L L R rL R R L

Drag rudiments

#31DragllR rrL#32Single Drag TapllR L rrL R#33Double Drag TapllR llR L rrL rrL R#34Lesson 25llR L R rrL R L#35Single DragadiddleRR L R R LL R L L#36Drag Paradiddle #1R llR L R R L rrL R L L#37Drag Paradiddle #2R llR llR L R R L rrL rrL R L L#38Single RatamacuellR L R L rrL R L R#39Double RatamacuellR llR L R L rrL rrL R L R#40Triple RatamacuellR llR llR L R L rrL rrL rrL R L R

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