Drum Rudiments
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. Rudiments are used in the same fashion as piano scales. A Drummer should practice the rudiment once a day until mastered. After A drummer masters the rudiments they should be played before every practice and every time the player plays the drums.
There have been many attempts to formalize 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.
One of the first things that will be taught to my students are the rudiments. I usually teach them in a particular order given below:
1. The Single Stroke Roll
2. MaMa PaPa Roll or The Double Stroke ROll
3. Flam
4. Drag
5. Full Drag
6. 5 Stroke Roll
7. 6 Stroke Roll
8. 7 Stroke Roll
9. Double Drag
10. 9 Stroke Roll
11. Single Para
12. 10 Stoke Roll
13. Ratatop
14. 11 Stroke Roll
15. 13 Stroke Roll
16. 14 Stroke Roll
17. 15 Stroke Roll
18. Flamacue
19. Buzz Roll
20. Single Rat
21. Four Stroke Ruff
22. Double Rat
23. Triple Rat
24. Drag Para
25. Flam Para
26. Double Para
27. Triple Para
28. Drag Double Para
29. Drag Triple Para
30. Flam Double Para
31. Flam Triple Para
Drum Beats
Beats will also be taught to my students This is a list of only a few below:
The Beats are:
1. Rock
2. Polka
3. 50th Rock I
4. Twist
5. Disco I
6. Waltz
7. Lindy
8. Disco II
9. Cha Cha
10. Marangae
11. Shuffle
12. Disco III
13. 50th Rock II
14. Disco IV
15. Rhumba
16. Foxtrot
17. Funk Beat
18. Bolero
19. Soc. Fox Trot
20. Mambo
21. Slow Rock
22. Tango
23. Samba
24. Jazz Waltz
25. Fast Rock
26. Polka 4/4
27. Rock Rhumba
28. Bossa nova
29. Rock Shuffle