What are Drum Rudiments?
Drum rudiments are the building blocks of hand cooridination. Essentially, they are sticking patterns usually marked by R for right hand and L for left hand. Each pattern has a different name. For example, a single stroke roll consists of one stroke in each hand and played right, left, right, left (or R, L, R, L). Repeated practice of these rudiments leads to greater control and dexterity on the drums. A drummer can then apply those same patterns/rudiments to the feet and apply drum rudiments to create patterns between the feet or the feet and hands. There are 40 standard drum rudiments as defined by an organization called the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) but drummers have created many more, often referred to as hybrid rudiments.

For a complete list of Drum Rudiments including notation and videos, please visit DrumRudiments.com.

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Most Popular Rudiments

SINGLE STROKE ROLL

DOUBLE STROKE ROLL

PARADIDDLE

FLAM

Commonly Played Rudiments on Drumset

BUZZ ROLL

SINGLE STROKE ROLL

DOUBLE STROKE ROLL

PARADIDDLE

FLAM

RATAMACUE

DRAG

DOUBLE PARADIDDLE

SINGLE STROKE FOUR