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Getting A Grip On The Rudiments Of Drumming
This book focuses on sixteen specific rudiments. They are as follows:
| The Single Roll | The Single Paradiddle |
| The Double Roll | The Flam Drag |
| The Flam | The Flamacue |
| The Three-Stroke Ruff | The Single Paradiddle-Diddle |
| The Five-Stroke Roll | The Lesson 25 |
| The Seven-Stroke Roll | The Single Ratamacue |
| The Nine-Stroke Roll | The Drag Paradiddle #1 |
| The Flam Accent | The Four-Stroke Ruff |
The number and choice of rudiments included in this book was for the most part arbitrary. I feel that it is not the quantity but the thoroughness of the study that is most important. In fact, I believe that the main goals can be accomplished with as little as a hand-full of well chosen rudiments. In any event, each student is encouraged to read through the preliminary studies that deal with the various stroke types. (This section is a reprinted excerpt from my six-volume drum course entitled “Drumming – Step By Step” Book I.) I consider this “basic information” essential for the proper execution of all rudimental (and derivative) drum patterns.
