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Essential Drum Rudiments Overview

The document provides instructions for 10 basic drum rudiments: 1) single stroke roll, 2) buzz roll, 3) double stroke roll, 4) triple stroke roll, 5) five stroke roll, 6) seven stroke roll, 7) nine stroke roll, 8) single paradiddle, 9) flam, and 10) drag or ruff. Each rudiment is represented with notation and an explanation of the stroke pattern.

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Essential Drum Rudiments Overview

The document provides instructions for 10 basic drum rudiments: 1) single stroke roll, 2) buzz roll, 3) double stroke roll, 4) triple stroke roll, 5) five stroke roll, 6) seven stroke roll, 7) nine stroke roll, 8) single paradiddle, 9) flam, and 10) drag or ruff. Each rudiment is represented with notation and an explanation of the stroke pattern.

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Level 1 Proficency Rudiments

1) Single Stroke Roll 2)Buzz Roll

yyyy n
U Un
U Un
z z
U Un
z z
U
z z z z

RLRL RLRL RLRL RLRL R L R L R L R L

3) Double Stroke Roll 4) Triple Stroke or "French" Roll

yyyy TTTT
RRLL RRLL RRLL RRLL R R R L L L R R R L L L

5) Five Stroke Roll (3 movements) 6) Seven Stroke Roll (4 Movements)

n
U n
U or M M o
U o
U or y y
rrllR llrrL rrll R llrr L rrllrrL rrllrrL llrrll R llrrll R

7) Nine Stroke Roll (5 Movements) 8) Single Paradiddle

q q q qor y q y q y y
> >
rrll rrll R llrr llrr L rrllrrll R llrrllrr L RLRR LRLL

9) Flam 10) Drag or Ruff

e
L
q eq N q Nq
R R
L LL
R RR
L

= note value X2 = note value X4 = note value X8

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