Rudiment

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A rudiment is one of a set of basic patterns used in rudimental drumming. These patterns form the basic building blocks or "vocabulary" of drumming, and can be combined in a great variety of ways to create drumming music.

There have been many attempts to formalise a standard list of snare drum rudiments. The National Association of Rudimental Drummers (NARD), an organization established to promote rudimental drumming, put forward a list of 13 "essential" rudiments, and later a second set of thirteen to form the original 26. Finally, the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) reorganized the first 26 and added another 14 to form the current "40 international drum rudiments".

Contents 1 The 40 P.A.S. International Drum Rudiments 1.1 Single Stroke Roll Rudiments 1.2 Multiple Bounce Roll Rudiments 1.3 Double Stroke Rudiments 1.4 Diddle Rudiments 1.5 Flam Rudiments 1.6 Drag Rudiments 2 Historical Organization 2.1 The Thirteen "Essential" Rudiments 2.2 The Second Thirteen Rudiments 2.3 The Last Fourteen Rudiments 3 Books 4 Notable Contributors 5 Hybrid Rudiments 6 External links

[edit] The 40 P.A.S. International Drum Rudiments

[edit] Single Stroke Roll Rudiments

1.	Single Stroke Rolls	Image:1 single stroke roll.gif
2.	Single Stroke Four	Image:2 single stroke four.gif
3.	Single Stroke Seven	Image:3 single stroke seven.gif

[edit] Multiple Bounce Roll Rudiments

4.	Multiple Bounce Roll	Image:4 multiple bounce roll.gif
5.	Triple Stroke Roll	Image:5 triple stroke roll.gif

[edit] Double Stroke Rudiments

6.	Double Stroke Open Roll	Image:6 double stroke open roll.gif
7.	Five Stroke Roll	Image:7 five stroke roll.gif
8.	Six Stroke Roll	Image:8 six stroke roll.gif
9.	Seven Stroke Roll	Image:9 seven stroke roll.gif
10.	Nine Stroke Roll	Image:10 nine stroke roll.gif
11.	Ten Stroke Roll	Image:11 ten stroke roll.gif
12.	Eleven Stroke Roll	Image:12 eleven stroke roll.gif
13.	Thirteen Stroke Roll	Image:13 thirteen stroke roll.gif
14.	Fifteen Stroke Roll	Image:14 fifteen stroke roll.gif
15.	Seventeen Stroke Roll	Image:15 seventeen stroke roll.gif

[edit] Diddle Rudiments

16.	Single Paradiddle	Image:16 single paradiddle.gif
17.	Double Paradiddle	Image:17 double paradiddle.gif
18.	Triple Paradiddle	Image:18 triple paradiddle.gif
19.	Paradiddle-Diddle	Image:19 paradiddle diddle.gif

[edit] Flam Rudiments

20.	Flam	Image:20 flam.gif
21.	Flam Accent	Image:21 flam accent.gif
22.	Flam Tap	Image:22 flam tap.gif
23.	Flamacue	Image:23 flamacue.gif
24.	Flam Paradiddle	Image:24 flam paradiddle.gif
25.	Single Flammed Mill	Image:25 single flammed mill.gif
26.	Flam Paradiddle-Diddle	Image:26 flam paradiddle diddle.gif
27.	PataFlaFla	Image:27 pata flafla.gif
28.	Swiss Army Triplet	Image:28 swiss army triplet.gif
29.	Inverted Flam Tap	Image:29 inverted flam tap.gif
30.	Flam Drag	Image:30 flam drag.gif

[edit] Drag Rudiments

31.	Drag	Image:31 drag.gif
32.	Single Drag Tap	Image:32 single drag tap.gif
33.	Double Drag Tap	Image:33 double drag tap.gif
34.	Lesson 25	Image:34 lesson 25.gif
35.	Single Dragadiggle	Image:35 single dragadiddle.gif
36.	Drag Paradiddle #1	Image:36 drag paradiddle 1.gif
37.	Drag Paradiddle #2	Image:37 drag paradiddle 2.gif
38.	Single Ratamacue	Image:38 single ratamacue.gif
39.	Double Ratamacue	Image:39 double ratamacue.gif
40.	Triple Ratamacue	Image:40 triple ratamacue.gif

[edit] Historical Organization

[edit] The Thirteen "Essential" Rudiments

1. The Long Roll
2. The Five Stroke Roll
3. The Seven Stroke Roll
4. The Flam
5. The Flam Accent
6. The Flam Paradiddle
7. The Flamacue
8. The Ruff
9. The Single Drag
10. The Double Drag
11. The Double Paradiddle
12. The Single Ratamacue
13. The Triple Ratamacue

[edit] The Second Thirteen Rudiments

14. The Single Stroke Roll
15. The Nine Stroke Roll
16. The Ten Stroke Roll
17. The Eleven Stroke Roll
18. The Thirteen Stroke Roll
19. The Fifteen Stroke Roll
20. The Flam Tap
21. The Single Paradiddle
22. The Drag Paradiddle #1
23. The Drag Paradiddle #2
24. The Flam Paradiddle-diddle
25. The Lesson 25
26. The Double Ratamacue

[edit] The Last Fourteen Rudiments

More recently, the Percussive Arts Society added 14 more rudiments to extended the list to the current "40 International Drum Rudiments". Note that the ordering was completely changed during this last re-organization, so these numbers won't match those above.

27. The Single Stroke Four
28. The Single Stroke Seven
29. The Multiple Bounce Roll
30. The Triple Stroke Roll
31. The Six Stroke Roll
32. The Seventeen Stroke Roll
33. The Triple Paradiddle
34. The Single Paradiddle-Diddle
35. The Single Flammed Mill
36. The Pataflafla
37. The Swiss Army Triplet
38. The Inverted Flam Tap
39. The Flam Drag
40. The Single Dragadiddle

[edit] Books

• (1812) "A New, Useful, and Complete System of Drum Beating" by Charles Ashworth
• (1815) "The Art of Beating the Drum" by Samuel Potter
• (1861) "The Drummers' and Fifers' Guide" by Bruce Emmett
• (1869) "Strube's Drum and Fife Instructor" by Gardiner A. Strube
• (1886) "The Trumpet and Drum" by John Philip Sousa
• (1935) "Stick Control" by George Lawrence Stone
• (1942) "Modern Interpretation of Snare Drum Rudiments" by Buddy Rich
• (1945) "The All-American Drummer" by Charley Wilcoxin
• (1959) "14 Modern Contest Solos For Snare Drum" by John S. Pratt
• (1979) "The Technique and Mechanics of Rudimental Snare Drumming" by Ken Mazur
• (1992) "The Drummer's Rudimental Reference Book" by John Wooton
• (2004) "The Beat of a Different Drummer" by Dominick Cuccia

[edit] Notable Contributors

• Charley Wilcoxon: instructor, author, teacher
• J. Burns Moore: instructor, author, teacher
• George Lawrence Stone: instructor, author, teacher
• Earl Sturtze: instructor, author, teacher
• Les Parks: instructor & arranger, Sons of Liberty Fife and Drum Corps, Hawthorne Cabaleros, Garfield Cadets
• John S. Pratt: instructor, author, teacher
• Fred Sanford: instructor & arranger, Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps
• Ralph Hardimon: instructor & arranger, Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps
• Tom Float: instructor & arranger, Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps
• Marty Hurley: instructor & arranger, Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps
• Scott Johnson: instructor & arranger, Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps
• James Campbell: instructor & arranger, The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps
• Bret Kuhn: instructor & arranger, The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps
• Dennis DeLucia: instructor & arranger, Bridgemen Drum and Bugle Corps
• Thom Hannum: instructor & arranger, Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps
• Charley Poole, Jr. instructor & arranger, 27th Lancers Drum and Bugle Corps

[edit] Hybrid Rudiments

Main article: hybrid rudiments

Over the years, many other rudimental patterns have been informally identified and given creative names, although most of these are based upon the original 40. They are commonly known as "hybrid rudiments" or "hybrids".

[edit] External links

• The Percussive Arts Society International Drum Rudiments
• RudimentalDrumming.com
• Hybrid Rudiments on ThinkDrums.com - Explores the history of rudiments and lists Hybrid Rudiments

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