Drum Rudiments

Here are all 40 of The Percussive Arts Society’s Essential Snare Drum Rudiments, grouped by families first, followed by the Logical Learning Sequence.

Single Stroke Rudiments

1. Single Stroke Roll:

2. Single Stroke Four:

3. Single Stroke Seven:

Roll Rudiments

4. Multiple Bounce Roll:

5. Triple Stroke Roll:

6. Double Stroke Roll:

7. Five Stroke Roll:

8. Six Stroke Roll:

9. Seven Stroke Roll:

10. Nine Stroke Roll:

11. Ten Stroke Roll:

12. Eleven Stroke Roll:

13. Thirteen Stroke Roll:

14. Fifteen Stroke Roll:

15. Seventeen Stroke Roll:

Diddle Rudiments

16. Single Paradiddle:

17. Double Paradiddle:

18. Triple Paradiddle:

19. Single Paradiddle-diddle

Flam Rudiments

20. Flam:

21. Flam Accent:

22. Flam Tap:

23. Flamacue:

24. Flam Paradiddle:

25. Single Flammed Mill:

26. Flam Paradiddle-diddle:

27. Pataflafla:

28. Swiss Army Triplet:

29. Inverted Flam Tap:

30. Flam Drag:

Drag Rudiments

31. Drag:

32. Single Drag Tap:

33. Double Drag Tap:

34. Lesson 25:

35. Single Dragadiddle:

36. Drag Paradiddle #1:

37. Drag Paradiddle #2:

38. Single Ratamacue:

39. Double Ratamacue:

40. Triple Ratamacue:

*Logical Learning Sequence*

Dennis DeLucia developed this guide to give directors, instructors, and students an approach to learning the rudiments that takes into account difficulty, inclusion of rudiments from each rudimental family, and popular usage. The 10 rudiments in Quadrant A form the basis for all of the other rudiments. Beginning students should begin there and eventually progress through the other quadrants after they have achieved a medium level of proficiency.

Quadrant A

1. Single Stroke Roll
2. Single Stroke Four
3. Single Paradiddle
4. Multiple Bounce Roll
5. Double Paradiddle
6. Flam
7. Flam Tap
8. Ruff (Drag)
9. Five Stroke Roll
10. Open (Double Stroke) Roll

Quadrant B

11. Single Stroke Seven
12. Paradiddle-diddle
13. Flam Accent
14. Swiss Army Triplet
15. Flamacue
16. Nine Stroke Roll
17. Thirteen Stroke Roll
18. Seventeen Stroke Roll
19. Lesson 25
20. Single Dragadiddle

Quadrant C

21. Triple Paradiddle
22. Six Stroke Roll
23. Seven Stroke Roll
24. Fifteen Stroke Roll
25. Flam Paradiddle
26. Single Flammed Mill
27. Pataflafla
28. Single Drag Tap
29. Double Drag Tap
30. Single Ratamacue

Quadrant D

31. Triple Stroke Roll
32. Ten Stroke Roll
33. Eleven Stroke Roll
34. Iverted Flam Tap
35. Flam Drag
36. Flam Paradiddle-diddle
37. Drag Paradiddle #1
38. Drag Paradiddle #2
39. Double Ratamacue
40. Triple Ratamacue