Thirteen Stroke Roll

PAS rudiment #13 · Roll rudiments

What it is

Six doubles and a release. Six roll pulses into an accent, usually spanning a beat and a half.

How to practice it

Treat it as pulse counting practice: six hand motions, then the target. If you lose count in the middle, slow down and count the pulses, not the individual notes. Quality check is the same as every long roll: could someone listening tell where the doubles switch hands? They should not.

Where you'll hear it

Marching and rudimental writing where a roll needs to bridge a beat and a half into a downbeat.