{"id":11029,"date":"2018-08-04T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=11029"},"modified":"2023-11-14T14:22:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:22:17","slug":"re-thinking-drum-rudiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/re-thinking-drum-rudiments\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-Thinking Drum Rudiments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bvcewr2jGs4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drumeo.s3.amazonaws.com\/sales\/01-rethinking-drum-rudiments-web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download The Sheet Music (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rudiments have the reputation to be boring. It&#8217;s the one thing everyone tells you to practice for hours on end (they DO make up everything we play), but how can we spice things up? In today&#8217;s lesson, I&#8217;m going to show you some cool ways to take boring rudiments and make them fun again. It&#8217;s a great way to stay inspired and build on your drumming vocabulary!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The general concept behind this lesson is changing the note value of the rudiments we already play. If you find you&#8217;re struggling, watch the video above to get a better idea of how these all sound. I&#8217;ll also show you a few applications around the kit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Triple Stroke Roll<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This rudiment is most commonly played as 8th or 16th note triplets, but let&#8217;s move it over to straight 16th notes. As you probably guessed, since the triple stroke roll is a three-note grouping, this is going to feel a little awkward at first. This will also change how it resolves.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1085\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03142634\/sheet1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11012\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03142634\/sheet1.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03142634\/sheet1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03142634\/sheet1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03142634\/sheet1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03142634\/sheet1.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1085px) 100vw, 1085px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As you can see, re-thinking your rudiments this way is going to help you discover new vocabulary and get you thinking outside the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Double Stroke Roll<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a two-note pattern traditionally written as 8th or 16th notes, but today we&#8217;re going to play them as 16th note triplets. This means there&#8217;s going to be three sets of double strokes per count! Start SLOW.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1085\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143115\/sheet2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11018\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143115\/sheet2.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143115\/sheet2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143115\/sheet2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143115\/sheet2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143115\/sheet2.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1085px) 100vw, 1085px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Double Paradiddle<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s kick things up a notch and play this rudiment as 32nd notes. Since there are 6 notes in a double paradiddle and 32 notes in a full bar of 32nd notes, it&#8217;s not going to resolve properly. If we play the double-paradiddle 5 times, we&#8217;ll end up with 30 notes. This means we need to add 2 more notes on our left hand to get 32 notes in total.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1085\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143216\/sheet3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11022\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143216\/sheet3.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143216\/sheet3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143216\/sheet3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143216\/sheet3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143216\/sheet3.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1085px) 100vw, 1085px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Flam Accent<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This rudiment is usually played as 8th note triplets, but let&#8217;s turn this puppy into 16th notes. This pattern will resolve the same way the triple stroke roll ended with one left-handed stroke (but this time we&#8217;ll be playing a flam instead).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1085\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143227\/sheet4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11023\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143227\/sheet4.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143227\/sheet4.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143227\/sheet4.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143227\/sheet4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143227\/sheet4.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1085px) 100vw, 1085px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Swiss Army Triplet<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This rudiment doesn&#8217;t have you alternating lead hands every time it repeats, so just pick whichever hand you&#8217;re most comfortable right to start this one off. Let&#8217;s put this through the same process we put the last pattern through.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1085\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143241\/sheet5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11024\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143241\/sheet5.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143241\/sheet5.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143241\/sheet5.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143241\/sheet5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/03143241\/sheet5.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1085px) 100vw, 1085px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Now it&#8217;s your turn! Take your favorite rudiments and try changing up the note value. Not only will you get better at playing rudiments as a whole, but you&#8217;ll also have a larger musical toolbox to pull from every time you go to play a drum fill. Have fun with this and I hope you enjoyed the lesson.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve put together a playlist with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/how-to-find-and-use-drumless-tracks-and-play-alongs\">drumless tracks<\/a> at different tempos so you can practice your rudiments over real music:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1pPXjC7HbKSmU9chVYxvEb?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rudiments have the reputation to be boring. In this lesson you&#8217;ll learn how to make them fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4034],"tags":[111,9,282],"class_list":["post-11029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rudiment-applications","tag-drum-rudiments","tag-drumeo","tag-rudiments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11029"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49159,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11029\/revisions\/49159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}