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The 40 Drum Rudiments

Names, stickings, notation, and how to practice each one

These are the 40 rudiments recognized by the Percussive Arts Society: the standard vocabulary of snare drumming and the raw material for most of what you play on a kit. Rolls build your hands, diddles build your control, flams and drags build your ornaments.

Each page below shows the sticking, real notation, and a straight answer to the question that matters: how do I practice this one and where will I actually use it?

Roll rudiments

• 1. Single Stroke RollR L R L R L R L
• 2. Single Stroke FourR L R L
• 3. Single Stroke SevenR L R L R L R
• 4. Multiple Bounce RollR L R L (buzz)
• 5. Triple Stroke RollR R R L L L
• 6. Double Stroke Open RollR R L L R R L L
• 7. Five Stroke RollRR LL R
• 8. Six Stroke RollR LL RR L
• 9. Seven Stroke RollRR LL RR L
• 10. Nine Stroke RollRR LL RR LL R
• 11. Ten Stroke RollRR LL RR LL R L
• 12. Eleven Stroke RollRR LL RR LL RR L
• 13. Thirteen Stroke RollRR LL RR LL RR LL R
• 14. Fifteen Stroke RollRR LL RR LL RR LL RR L
• 15. Seventeen Stroke RollRR LL RR LL RR LL RR LL R

Diddle rudiments

• 16. Single ParadiddleR L R R L R L L
• 17. Double ParadiddleR L R L R R L R L R L L
• 18. Triple ParadiddleR L R L R L R R L R L R L R L L
• 19. Single Paradiddle-diddleR L R R L L

Flam rudiments

• 20. FlamlR rL
• 21. Flam AccentlR L R rL R L
• 22. Flam TaplR R rL L
• 23. FlamacuelR L R L lR
• 24. Flam ParadiddlelR L R R rL R L L
• 25. Single Flammed MilllR R L R rL L R L
• 26. Flam Paradiddle-diddlelR L R R L L rL R L L R R
• 27. PataflaflalR L R rL
• 28. Swiss Army TripletlR R L
• 29. Inverted Flam TaplR L rL R lR L rL R
• 30. Flam DraglR llL R rL rrR L

Drag rudiments

• 31. DragllR rrL
• 32. Single Drag TapllR L rrL R
• 33. Double Drag TapllR llR L rrL rrL R
• 34. Lesson 25llR L R llR L R
• 35. Single DragadiddleR(dd) L R R L(dd) R L L
• 36. Drag Paradiddle #1R llR L R R L rrL R L L
• 37. Drag Paradiddle #2R llR llR L R R L rrL rrL R L L
• 38. Single RatamacuellR L R L rrL R L R
• 39. Double RatamacuellR llR L R L rrL rrL R L R
• 40. Triple RatamacuellR llR llR L R L rrL rrL rrL R L R