Re: Rudiments
Originally Posted by
drumstix
There are millions.
Maybe not millions, but certainly a lot of combinations that one can come up with from the 26 standard rudiments and the handful of Swiss and Scottish rudiments.
I used to play Ancient style (Fife and Drum) rudimental snare, so I know (knew? It's been a while) the standard rudiments, but I don't really use much of that in my kit playing. The one's that I do use:
Roll figures - 5 stroke, 7 stroke, 9 stroke - mainly the 5 stroke
Ruffs - some people like to call them "drags" but essentially it's light 2 stroke grace notes prior to a hit with the opposite hand.
Flams - you are probably already doing those
Paradiddle -RLRRLRLLRLRRLRLLRLRRLRLLR etc. I used diddle figures to change my sticking to change my lead hand on occasion, depending on the fill
That's most of what I use in my kit drumming although on occasion I throw in other things too - flam Swiss tripplets, flam paraddidles, flamacues, flam-accents - usually only on the snare.
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