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The Single Stroke Roll* |
The Seventeen Stroke Roll |
The Pataflafla |
| Alternating 3 stroke Herta 4 stroke Herta 5 stroke Herta 4 stroke Herta (paradiddle sticking) 5 stroke Herta (4 stroke sticking) Alternating single 5 Alternating Single 7 4 stroke Herta w/ upbeat accents 4 stroke herta w/ 2/3 accents single 5 stoke Alternating single 5 with upbeat accents Upbeat rolls Upbeat single diddles Paradiddles (several variations) Double paradiddles (variations) Paradiddle-diddles (variations) Paradiddle-diddle-diddles Tajada Triple-acue Upbeat and downbeat Grandmas Alternating Single hand Tap Drag Swiss tap drag Triple stroke tap drag Non Alternating Paradiddle Dragadiddle Tap Dragadiddle 5 stroke paradiddle Paradiddle w/ diddle on 4 Slurred 6 stroke Roll Slurred 5 stroke roll 6 stroke roll Tap 5 stroke roll Triple stoke roll (French) Shirley Murphey 3-2-1’s Egg Beaters Backwards Egg Beaters Slevens 4 stroke rolls 3+paradiddle Triple flam tap Flam tap Quadruple flam tap Flim flam tap Swiss Triplet Swissy flam tap Left up Swiss, 4 note swiss |
Flim-swiss Swiss kick Odd3/even 3 Flam 3+a Swiss pug Flam 3-2-1 Flama-flam tap Flammed mill (variations) Inverted Flam Taps Flam Accents 3 note inverts Fubars Triple fubars Triple Pataflafla Shockadiddle Alternating Swiss triplet Non Alternating flammed mill 3 note flam-a-cue Dachuta Chuchuttas Fli-flo-tap Dachuchuh Chuchuta+1 Single hand patta fla-fla Single hand triple patty Mill fla-fla Flam Paradiddle Par-flam-diddle Paradid-flam Flamacue-paradiddle Fla-fla-diddle Para-fla-fla Pata-fla-fla paradiddle Flam Drags Flam drag-a-cue Da-flam-drag Non Alternating flam drag Swiss flam drag Ratamaswiss Flammed mill drag Swiss flam drag+flamtap Swiss flam drag-a-cue Da-swiss drag Swiss flam drag w/left up Cheese flam accents 3 stroke Cheese-a-cue Da cheese Flam 5 Flam 5-a-cue |
Da flam 5 Non alternating cheese Non alternating flam 5 Flam 2/3 Alt. Flam 2/3 Single flam drag Alternating swiss flam drag Non alternating cheeseadiddle Cheese inverts 3 stroke cheese inverts Cheese fubars 4 stroke cheese fubars cheese chuchuttas fli-flo cheese Da chucheese Non Alternating Cheese chuchutta Cheese single hand patty Cheese 5 single hand patty 4 stroke swiss drag fla-fla swiss drag cheese-a-diddle Flam drag Paradiddle Flam 5 paradiddle Flam 5 superdiddle Cheese-a-flam tap Cheese-a-cue flamadiddle Cheese a diddle (variations) Cheese 5 paradiddle (variations Flam a single Cheese a single Cheese 5 a single Flamadiddlediddle (variations) Diddle a flam tap Book Reports (variations) Book Marks (variations) Parcheesediddle Funky cheese Funky cheese inverts Non Alternating funky cheese Alternating flam thing Alternating cheese thing Alternating cheese 5 thing Alternating flam 6 stroke thing Alternating flam 7 swiss cheese Swiss flam 5 3-2 flam 5 |
Practical Use
Some rudiments are rather esoteric, such as the Single Flammed Mill and the Ratatap, and are used only in a very small number of drum parts. They can still provide valuable practice to all percussionists, however, as they exercise different degrees of hand-independence and fine stick control.
Others, such as the Flam, Drag, and Paradiddle form the basis of a wide range of rhythms in orchestral, drum-kit, and marching percussion. The Paradiddle in particular is very versatile, forming the basis of many popular music drum fills.
Open, Closed, Open Rudiment Format
When used in auditions for orchestral bands, concert bands, solo and ensemble auditions, and school honor bands, rudiments are almost always performed in an open, closed, open format.
This means one starts extremely slowly, gradually speeding up until the fastest possible individual speed is reached, then slowing again gradually. This is truly artful when done well.
NOTE: We prefer to teach younger students to start at one speed, then stop. Then repeat the process at progressively higher speeds. We do this so younger students will not have as much of a tendency to rush (speed up) when playing their music pieces or follwing dynamics.