Reference
The rudiment library.
All 40 PAS International Drum Rudiments plus 5 hybrids — the exact set the Rudiment Trainer tracks. Capitals are full strokes, lowercase are grace notes, dots are rests. Tempos are the trainer's default ladder.
Roll rudiments
Single, double and multiple-bounce strokes, from the single stroke roll to the seventeen stroke roll.
| Rudiment | Sticking | Feel | Ladder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Stroke Roll | RLRLRLRL | 16ths | 80 → 200 BPM |
| Single Stroke Four | RLRL·LRL | triplets | 80 → 180 BPM |
| Single Stroke Seven | RLRLRLR· | sextuplets | 70 → 160 BPM |
| Multiple Bounce Roll | RRRLLL | triplets | 60 → 140 BPM |
| Triple Stroke Roll | RRRLLL | sextuplets | 70 → 160 BPM |
| Double Stroke Open Roll | RRLLRRLL | 16ths | 80 → 200 BPM |
| Five Stroke Roll | RRLLR·LLRRL· | 16ths | 80 → 180 BPM |
| Six Stroke Roll | RLLRRL | sextuplets | 70 → 160 BPM |
| Seven Stroke Roll | RRLLRRL· | 16ths | 80 → 180 BPM |
| Nine Stroke Roll | RRLLRRLLR· | 16ths | 80 → 170 BPM |
| Ten Stroke Roll | RRLLRRLLRL | 16ths | 80 → 170 BPM |
| Eleven Stroke Roll | RRLLRRLLRRL | 16ths | 80 → 170 BPM |
| Thirteen Stroke Roll | RRLLRRLLRRLLR | 16ths | 80 → 160 BPM |
| Fifteen Stroke Roll | RRLLRRLLRRLLRRL | 16ths | 80 → 160 BPM |
| Seventeen Stroke Roll | RRLLRRLLRRLLRRLLR | 16ths | 80 → 160 BPM |
Diddle rudiments
Paradiddles and the paradiddle-diddle — the sticking behind half of modern drumming.
| Rudiment | Sticking | Feel | Ladder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Paradiddle | RLRRLRLL | 16ths | 80 → 200 BPM |
| Double Paradiddle | RLRLRRLRLRLL | sextuplets | 80 → 180 BPM |
| Triple Paradiddle | RLRLRLRRLRLRLRLL | 16ths | 80 → 180 BPM |
| Single Paradiddle-Diddle | RLRRLLRLRRLL | sextuplets | 80 → 180 BPM |
Flam rudiments
Grace-note rudiments: flams, flam accents, flam taps, Swiss army triplets, pataflaflas.
| Rudiment | Sticking | Feel | Ladder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flam | lR·rL· | 8ths | 60 → 160 BPM |
| Flam Accent | lRLRrLRL | triplets | 70 → 170 BPM |
| Flam Tap | lRRrLL | 16ths | 70 → 170 BPM |
| Flamacue | lRLRLlR | 16ths | 70 → 160 BPM |
| Flam Paradiddle | lRLRRrLRLL | 16ths | 70 → 170 BPM |
| Single Flammed Mill | lRRLRrLLRL | 16ths | 70 → 160 BPM |
| Flam Paradiddle-Diddle | lRLRRLLrLRLLRR | sextuplets | 70 → 160 BPM |
| Pataflafla | lRLRlRrLRLrL | 16ths | 60 → 150 BPM |
| Swiss Army Triplet | lRRLrLLR | triplets | 70 → 170 BPM |
| Inverted Flam Tap | lRLrLR | 16ths | 70 → 160 BPM |
| Flam Drag | lRllRrLrrL | triplets | 60 → 150 BPM |
Drag rudiments
Two grace notes and a tap: drags, drag taps, ratamacues and the drag paradiddles.
| Rudiment | Sticking | Feel | Ladder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drag (Ruff) | llR·rrL· | 8ths | 60 → 160 BPM |
| Single Drag Tap | llRLrrLR | 16ths | 70 → 160 BPM |
| Double Drag Tap | llRllRLrrLrrLR | triplets | 60 → 150 BPM |
| Lesson 25 | llRLRrrLRL | 16ths | 70 → 160 BPM |
| Single Dragadiddle | rrLRRllRLL | 16ths | 70 → 160 BPM |
| Drag Paradiddle #1 | RllRLRRLrrLRLL | 16ths | 70 → 150 BPM |
| Drag Paradiddle #2 | RllRllRLRRLrrLrrLRLL | 16ths | 60 → 140 BPM |
| Single Ratamacue | llRLRLrrLRLR | 16ths | 70 → 160 BPM |
| Double Ratamacue | llRllRLRLrrLrrLRLR | 16ths | 60 → 150 BPM |
| Triple Ratamacue | llRllRllRLRLrrLrrLrrLRLR | 16ths | 60 → 140 BPM |
Hybrid rudiments
Drumline vocabulary that made its way onto the kit: hertas, cheeses, egg beaters and friends.
| Rudiment | Sticking | Feel | Ladder |
|---|---|---|---|
| HertaHybrid | RLR·L· | 16ths | 80 → 200 BPM |
| CheeseHybrid | lRRL | 16ths | 70 → 160 BPM |
| Egg BeaterHybrid | RLLRRLRR | 16ths | 80 → 180 BPM |
| Shirley MurphyHybrid | RLLRLRRL | 16ths | 80 → 180 BPM |
| Book ReportHybrid | RllRLRllRL | 16ths | 70 → 160 BPM |
Every rudiment here has a lesson in the Rudiments department with slow/medium/fast demos, notation and the trainer pre-loaded.
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