Nine Stroke Roll
RR LL RR LL R
What it is
Four doubles plus the release: nine notes that fill a full beat or more and end on an accent. The long roll you will see most in rudimental snare parts.
How to practice it
Put it in time. Four 16th note doubles across one beat, accent on the next downbeat. Keep every double the same width. If the roll speeds up as it goes, you are cheating the later doubles. A practice pad at 80 BPM makes the drift easy to hear.
Where you'll hear it
Marches and rudimental snare parts all over the place, plus any concert roll a beat long with a defined start and end.
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