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Rudiment Grooves for Drum Set
Rick Considine
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Specic Rudiments for Drum Set

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SPECIFIC RUDIMENTS FOR DRUM SET

Listen to CD track 2, then play these from top to bottom at the same tempo. Remember
to choose a tempo that allows you to play the entire exercise at the same speed.

Some of the twenty-six rudiments are more applicable to a set of drums than
others. The following rudiments are among the most widely used on drum set.
They transfer to the drum set very naturally.
The rudiments on their own are similar to a pianists scales; making music with them
is all about how you use them, and your motion determines your sound. To really
understand the transition of rudiments to the drum set requires that you correctly
phrase the inner dynamics of the rudiment. The accents you see in this example
show you just one way to phrase the rudiments on drum set to make them sound
more musical. It is not so much what you play, but how you sound when you play.
Paradiddle

R L

Inverted Paradiddle

R R L R L

L R L

R R L R

R L

L R L

R R L

R L

L R

L R R

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Paradiddle Diddle, Right Handed

Paradiddle Diddle, Left Handed

R L R R L L R L R R L L R L R R L L R L R R

L R L L R R L R L L R R L R L L R R L R L L

> 6 > 6 > 6 >

> 6 > 6 > 6 >

Inverted Paradiddle

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Six-Stroke Roll

R L L R R L R L L R R L R L L R R L R L L R R L

R L R R L L R L R R L L R L R R L L R L R R L L

> 6 >> 6 >> 6 >> 6 > > > 6 > > 6 > > 6 > > 6

Five-Stroke Roll

Single Drag

R R L L R L L R R L R R L L R L L R R L R R L L R L
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R LLR L

RRL R L LR L RRL R L LR L

Seven-Stroke Roll

Flam Triplets (Swiss Army Triplets)

L R R L L R R L L R R L L R R L
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> 3 >3 > 3 >3
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j j j
R L L R R L L R L L R R L L R L L R R L L R L L R R L L

Flam Triplets, continued

Flam Drags

L R R L L R R L L R R L L R R L L R R L L R

L R LLR

LLR

R LLR L R LLR L R LLR

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*The sixteenth note figures on beat 4 is a regular paradiddle sticking to enable you to switch hands to get the right sticking for the next figure.

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