► Start Your FREE StephensDrumShed Drum School Trial Here: bit.ly/2TpkJmJ Subscribe or I will steal your cymbals: bit.ly/2AyH1Fb Drum rudiments...one of the most common questions I get as a drum teacher from my drum students is "do I really need to know ALL of these drum rudiments???" "Which drum rudiments are the most important" So here it is...these are the 5 must know drum rudiments for drum set players (in my opinion at least). If you're a beginner drummer, these will be extremely helpful. If you're an intermediate drummer, these will be extremely helpful. If you're an advanced drummer, you should already know these 5 drum rudiments. All of the other drum rudiments are built off of these 5 (except for the buzz roll...but she's an outlyer lol). Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts!
This makes so much sense, all my teachers wanted to do was teach me rudiments and just learning after two years how to play to songs... I almost gave up! I finally said what good is it learning all these different rudiments when you can’t play to anything, so discouraging for a new student🤍🤍💞🥁
Yea, totally understand this. For me, rudiments come later (unless they're in a school band setting). I want my students playing to music ASAP. Within a couple of lessons the goal is to have them playing a song. That win is HUGE...music will do the heavy lifting of hooking the student. Then, a little down the road, we bring in the vegetables;^)
@@StephenTaylorDrums Love it! I started at 58 and just wanted to play to music, new all kinds of beats but was not able to play along with the song… Now learning old time rock ‘n’ roll… My new 25 year old teacher understands where I was coming from so now it’s all exciting🥰🥁
Don't make the same mistake I made. just like you I had no patience for all the fundamentals. I was born with a natural gift to play, I could copy anything on the radio when I was 9. now that I am old, lol, I can play with the best, but could never make a living with it because I never learned to read sheet music and never learned the basic rudiments. I regret that to this day. I had no one to mentor me, so if I can offer some advice, Bite the bullet and learn the fundamentals and sheet music reading. you will thank yourself later.
@@StephenTaylorDrums This is really good to hear! I've been playing for about a year now, and have gotten pretty far by just playing. I've hit that spot though where I need more speed, and more combos. So im now looking at rudiment practice (just got a practice and yesterday). I'm already hooked, so even though rudiments might be "boring", I'm at the stage in my playing where I know how useful they will be for me. If I had learned them at the beginning it probably would have been boring. Likewise, I was worried I started too late, but it sounds like maybe this is good timing. Probably could have started these earlier in the year, but I have no clue what I'm doing so just going with the flow! lol thanks for the video!
@@StephenTaylorDrums I watched some videos but I went straight ahead and play a song. Was able to play in 3 days, not perfect but good enough. And then I begin to watch lessons (like yours) in between learning songs and its easier to understand when you already play an actual song.
Excellent instruction. I learned the rudiments from a record. I listed to the record and repeated the rudiments on my single snare drum. I remember the voice providing the instruction sounded like the voice of a man who would also inform the public of an emergency situation. This man made it clear rudiments were serious business. I practiced my rudiments and then they made me take a test in front of a guy wearing a tie. I demonstrated my rudiments. I passed the test. I loved that record. I love rudiments. I could practice them ALL day. My neighbors would hate me. Isn't this the entire point of drumming?
Great video, as usual! You know, when people talk about John Bonham they usually associate him to his notorius triplets. But besides that, the way he applied flams and drags into his fills is also iconic. These built a large portion of his magical playing. Bottom line: that’s how important rudiments are! Cheers from São Paulo, Brazil.
I've only been playing the drums 2 days and I've not even got a kit yet and just watching your videos has made me semi pro already. Can't wait for my kit to arrive 🌞
I recently rewatched your breakdown on 5/4 using Take Five and Joe Morello on drums, I actually saw him play in 3 different time signatures at the same time at Blues Alley. Unbelievable drummer.
What amazed me more than playing 3 time signatures at once was how receptive he and all of Brubeck's band was and, like you say it is All for the music.
Great video! I agree with your choices. I’m 72 and played since 5, all genres. I believe the Flam is so versatile on a set. You explained it very well. Does your snare need a little tightening? Great job! DW
Before you learn those five? Learn these three... Single stroke roll, double stroke roll, single paradiddle. After that, go on with whatever you want. Flams are great. But after those three I would work on the herta. It will help you get around the kit sounding really good. More than many of the other rudiments. After the first three and then the herta? Then I would go for flam accents and Swiss army triplets. After you can do all that you pretty much can combined everything and do anything you want.
Had to smile when you mentioned drag. A drag and a two note ruff are virtually the same, two grace notes and a final note. These being the most common used. However, with a ruff you can have up four grace notes (same hand) before the final note. All of that aside, the flam played with cross stick on the rim is a good clap effect when needed.
Thanks for these five Stephen, I’m getting to grips with all them very nicely including the 😬 paradiddle. However, it’s the double stroke roll that’s a bother. I see the way you do it and it makes sense, then I look elsewhere and it’s described as a single drop with a “free” rebound. A little confusing… Thanks for the past months and a Happy New Year to you and yours 👏🌹🇦🇺✌️
Hi beginning drummer question. I am right -handed. As I practice double -stroke rolls my right stick slowly keeps slipping down the stick as I play. Anyone have this issue?
Windmills and Inverted Windmills also lend themselves well to drum set. It sets up a cool feel with the hands and sounds complicated but relatively easy to play.
That would be called a 4 stroke ruff. A drag is when it's 2 grace notes that are doubles. A 3 stroke ruff would be 2 grace notes but they are singles. So 3 grace notes is a 4 stroke ruff.
I always forget that singles and doubles technically are rudiments. I never really think of them that way, as they’re so integral to drum playing in general. I agree with your ranking here for the most part, but I might have put paradiddle-diddles in there instead of drags, or maybe as a cheeky bonus 6th entry. 🙃
As a beginner the elephant in the room is 'why'. Assuming you want to hit the drum four times in quick succession there are 3 ways to do it, singles, doubles and paradiddle. I assume all should sound exactly the same to the listener? Flam sounds different so grand, but the other 3, learn different ways of doing the same thing? If one is faster, more comfortable, or whatever, just use that one and hit the drum 4 times in quick succession. Obviously I'm missing something.
Gotta have multiple screwdrivers in your toolkit, or different brushes by your easel, or multiple synonyms in your vocabulary. Similar results with different methods make it easier to achieve more complex goals down the line and you'd rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
Your technical ability as a drummer (and the fills, etc. at your disposal) is determined by two things - 1) your creative ability, but also 2) your technical ability, aka basic rudimentary knowledge. You may know how to play a fill, but if you never mastered double strokes or paradiddles, it may be impossible because your hands aren’t there yet. If you can’t play basic rudiments, you’re severely limiting yourself. Singles and doubles and paradiddles all sound the same on the snare. But certain fills canNOT be played with only singles. Try moving around the kit with singles and you’ll see what I mean. Does this make sense?
Thanks...we've been working on the sound. Tama star phonic snare. Mics are a mix of Lauten's, Earthworks, and SE's. I think the kick in is a shure. Kick out is a lauten
Yea...that's why I listed it last. Usually, if a player is having trouble with drags, it points to issues with Doubles or flams. If your flams are OK, work on the Doubles. The way I teach rudiments is that they build upon each other. So an issue with a current rudiment can usually be traced to an earlier rudiment that the current rudiment involves
I used to say that to my professor about the rudiments as well haha! A lot of the rudiments are named for how they sound...or it's a pneumonic device to help us remember the rhythm. Paradiddle, Pata flafla, etc.
This video is good but also misleading. As if learning more than 5 is somehow not beneficial or “must know.” There are probably over 1000 rudiments worldwide from different iterations of rudimental drumming. Nobody needs to know them all… but more than 5 isn’t really much of a stretch. I compiled a list of the 16 most common on the planet and there are a few in there that we don’t even have on the standard American rudiment sheets. But again, they’re some of the most common patterns in drumming on a global scale. One example being the flammed 5 stroke. We have it in our hybrid marching repertoire, but it’s not on the standard list. It appears more often than not across different countries and historic eras. Similarly the charge stroke or open flam is one of the most common rudiments internationally that American drummers don’t ever use. Because it isn’t useful or because we just don’t have it in our vocabulary? That’s the big question.
It's not misleading at all. Absolutely, learn lots. But after teaching thousands of drummers and getting the question "which rudiments are crucial to learn", this is my answer. These 5 make up most every other rudiment. So therefore, they are the first 5 I teach and the ones I feel everyone should learn.
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Drum rudiments...one of the most common questions I get as a drum teacher from my drum students is "do I really need to know ALL of these drum rudiments???" "Which drum rudiments are the most important"
So here it is...these are the 5 must know drum rudiments for drum set players (in my opinion at least). If you're a beginner drummer, these will be extremely helpful. If you're an intermediate drummer, these will be extremely helpful. If you're an advanced drummer, you should already know these 5 drum rudiments.
All of the other drum rudiments are built off of these 5 (except for the buzz roll...but she's an outlyer lol).
Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts!
Yes that buzz roll lol… I learned the Texas shuffle with a single stroke/Buzz/single stroke
This makes so much sense, all my teachers wanted to do was teach me rudiments and just learning after two years how to play to songs... I almost gave up! I finally said what good is it learning all these different rudiments when you can’t play to anything, so discouraging for a new student🤍🤍💞🥁
Yea, totally understand this. For me, rudiments come later (unless they're in a school band setting). I want my students playing to music ASAP. Within a couple of lessons the goal is to have them playing a song. That win is HUGE...music will do the heavy lifting of hooking the student. Then, a little down the road, we bring in the vegetables;^)
@@StephenTaylorDrums Love it! I started at 58 and just wanted to play to music, new all kinds of beats but was not able to play along with the song… Now learning old time rock ‘n’ roll… My new 25 year old teacher understands where I was coming from so now it’s all exciting🥰🥁
Don't make the same mistake I made. just like you I had no patience for all the fundamentals. I was born with a natural gift to play, I could copy anything on the radio when I was 9. now that I am old, lol, I can play with the best, but could never make a living with it because I never learned to read sheet music and never learned the basic rudiments. I regret that to this day. I had no one to mentor me, so if I can offer some advice, Bite the bullet and learn the fundamentals and sheet music reading. you will thank yourself later.
@@StephenTaylorDrums This is really good to hear! I've been playing for about a year now, and have gotten pretty far by just playing. I've hit that spot though where I need more speed, and more combos. So im now looking at rudiment practice (just got a practice and yesterday). I'm already hooked, so even though rudiments might be "boring", I'm at the stage in my playing where I know how useful they will be for me. If I had learned them at the beginning it probably would have been boring. Likewise, I was worried I started too late, but it sounds like maybe this is good timing. Probably could have started these earlier in the year, but I have no clue what I'm doing so just going with the flow! lol
thanks for the video!
@@StephenTaylorDrums I watched some videos but I went straight ahead and play a song. Was able to play in 3 days, not perfect but good enough. And then I begin to watch lessons (like yours) in between learning songs and its easier to understand when you already play an actual song.
Excellent instruction. I learned the rudiments from a record. I listed to the record and repeated the rudiments on my single snare drum. I remember the voice providing the instruction sounded like the voice of a man who would also inform the public of an emergency situation. This man made it clear rudiments were serious business. I practiced my rudiments and then they made me take a test in front of a guy wearing a tie. I demonstrated my rudiments. I passed the test. I loved that record. I love rudiments. I could practice them ALL day. My neighbors would hate me. Isn't this the entire point of drumming?
Great video, as usual!
You know, when people talk about John Bonham they usually associate him to his notorius triplets. But besides that, the way he applied flams and drags into his fills is also iconic. These built a large portion of his magical playing. Bottom line: that’s how important rudiments are!
Cheers from São Paulo, Brazil.
27 years behind the kit and I wish I had of listened to my teacher in the beginning and practiced rudiments more. That's just how I feel now.
I've only been playing the drums 2 days and I've not even got a kit yet and just watching your videos has made me semi pro already. Can't wait for my kit to arrive 🌞
OK I watched the video and things just escalated. That got hard fast
you dont need a kit you need a pad and sticks
Awesome video man! Love watching you spread your knowledge, and those glorious drum sounds!
I recently rewatched your breakdown on 5/4 using Take Five and Joe Morello on drums, I actually saw him play in 3 different time signatures at the same time at Blues Alley. Unbelievable drummer.
What amazed me more than playing 3 time signatures at once was how receptive he and all of Brubeck's band was and, like you say it is All for the music.
I would say six stroke roll is a very easy rudiment to get down quick, and is very easily applicable. One of my favorite rudiments
Great video! I agree with your choices. I’m 72 and played since 5, all genres. I believe the Flam is so versatile on a set. You explained it very well. Does your snare need a little tightening? Great job! DW
Before you learn those five? Learn these three... Single stroke roll, double stroke roll, single paradiddle. After that, go on with whatever you want. Flams are great. But after those three I would work on the herta. It will help you get around the kit sounding really good. More than many of the other rudiments. After the first three and then the herta? Then I would go for flam accents and Swiss army triplets. After you can do all that you pretty much can combined everything and do anything you want.
Had to smile when you mentioned drag. A drag and a two note ruff are virtually the same, two grace notes and a final note. These being the most common used. However, with a ruff you can have up four grace notes (same hand) before the final note. All of that aside, the flam played with cross stick on the rim is a good clap effect when needed.
Nice and clear. Thanks
Maybe next video show how these 5 rudiments can be applied around the kit as basic fills.
He sells a course on this exact topic, which I just bought. So I vote no on the video request. :D
1:59 So is it like the backgrounds' soft sound and the melody combined to make the melody note softer. Like a piano; the left hand and the right hand.
Thank you, Stephen!
I will try these ones out in my first practice session for my newly rebranded channel and send a kudos to your channel.
Thanks, Steven. Great advice as always.
You're welcome Laura!
I call Drag a Ruff :) superb breakdown of the building blocks.
love this but i don’t love how the angles are constantly switching. i think it’s easiest for me to digest when it’s the view from the top!
Love that dirty snare tuning. Sounds great.
Thanks for these five Stephen, I’m getting to grips with all them very nicely including the 😬 paradiddle. However, it’s the double stroke roll that’s a bother. I see the way you do it and it makes sense, then I look elsewhere and it’s described as a single drop with a “free” rebound. A little confusing… Thanks for the past months and a Happy New Year to you and yours 👏🌹🇦🇺✌️
Hi beginning drummer question. I am right -handed. As I practice double -stroke rolls my right stick slowly keeps slipping down the stick as I play. Anyone have this issue?
Thank you triple H this was very helpful
Stephen, you are awesome.
- Para
Thank you my friend
Windmills and Inverted Windmills also lend themselves well to drum set. It sets up a
cool feel with the hands and sounds complicated but relatively easy to play.
Totally agree!
Great teaching and no flim flam :)
I’m already overwhelmed
Yes, I guessed all five lol. Great video! Thanks Stephen.
Cool story.
Thank you
I protect my drum students from non-drummer band directors who think their drummers need to learn a ratamacue before a single stroke roll.
Great video as always! What sizes are your cluster crashes in this video?
love the shirt
How do you know when to play double or single?
What do you call the roll if you have three grace notes before the accent?
That would be called a 4 stroke ruff. A drag is when it's 2 grace notes that are doubles. A 3 stroke ruff would be 2 grace notes but they are singles. So 3 grace notes is a 4 stroke ruff.
Graet video, little info on drags
I always forget that singles and doubles technically are rudiments. I never really think of them that way, as they’re so integral to drum playing in general.
I agree with your ranking here for the most part, but I might have put paradiddle-diddles in there instead of drags, or maybe as a cheeky bonus 6th entry. 🙃
Sehr cooles Basiswissen😀👍👍
I dont think anyone could follow the paradiddle tbh, othwerwise great thx
As a beginner the elephant in the room is 'why'. Assuming you want to hit the drum four times in quick succession there are 3 ways to do it, singles, doubles and paradiddle. I assume all should sound exactly the same to the listener? Flam sounds different so grand, but the other 3, learn different ways of doing the same thing? If one is faster, more comfortable, or whatever, just use that one and hit the drum 4 times in quick succession. Obviously I'm missing something.
Gotta have multiple screwdrivers in your toolkit, or different brushes by your easel, or multiple synonyms in your vocabulary. Similar results with different methods make it easier to achieve more complex goals down the line and you'd rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
Your technical ability as a drummer (and the fills, etc. at your disposal) is determined by two things - 1) your creative ability, but also 2) your technical ability, aka basic rudimentary knowledge. You may know how to play a fill, but if you never mastered double strokes or paradiddles, it may be impossible because your hands aren’t there yet.
If you can’t play basic rudiments, you’re severely limiting yourself. Singles and doubles and paradiddles all sound the same on the snare. But certain fills canNOT be played with only singles. Try moving around the kit with singles and you’ll see what I mean. Does this make sense?
Another great video!🔥🔥🔥
Thanks!
Great vid!
Right on
It's the shirt for me.
That's a badass shirt!
Agree ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
I think the herta should be one also.
Useful sticking...but not one of the standard 40 rudiments (I believe it's now listed as a hybrid)
Is senior year too late to join marching band
Stephen... What snare and microphone are you using? Sounds FAT and tasty!! 💕🥁💕
Thanks...we've been working on the sound.
Tama star phonic snare. Mics are a mix of Lauten's, Earthworks, and SE's. I think the kick in is a shure. Kick out is a lauten
ironically, I'm really struggling with the drag, but I have no problem with flams
Learn double strokes first, it's just a double stroke with a single at the end.
Yea...that's why I listed it last. Usually, if a player is having trouble with drags, it points to issues with Doubles or flams. If your flams are OK, work on the Doubles. The way I teach rudiments is that they build upon each other. So an issue with a current rudiment can usually be traced to an earlier rudiment that the current rudiment involves
1 stroke roll, 2 stroke roll, paradidle, drag
Flam
So what? Can you play this rudiments in context with a groove?
Correct, after learning them, that's the next step. This is simply a beginner lesson on which ones to focus on.
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Pata Fla Fla? I swear people just make s**t up sometimes.
I used to say that to my professor about the rudiments as well haha! A lot of the rudiments are named for how they sound...or it's a pneumonic device to help us remember the rhythm. Paradiddle, Pata flafla, etc.
@@StephenTaylorDrumsisn't all language/words made up anyway? 😆
Your mic is obstructing the view from the side camera. ☹️
We're working on some new angles in the new space...still dialing it all in!
Who said this dude is a naab??
This video is good but also misleading. As if learning more than 5 is somehow not beneficial or “must know.” There are probably over 1000 rudiments worldwide from different iterations of rudimental drumming. Nobody needs to know them all… but more than 5 isn’t really much of a stretch. I compiled a list of the 16 most common on the planet and there are a few in there that we don’t even have on the standard American rudiment sheets. But again, they’re some of the most common patterns in drumming on a global scale. One example being the flammed 5 stroke. We have it in our hybrid marching repertoire, but it’s not on the standard list. It appears more often than not across different countries and historic eras. Similarly the charge stroke or open flam is one of the most common rudiments internationally that American drummers don’t ever use. Because it isn’t useful or because we just don’t have it in our vocabulary? That’s the big question.
It's not misleading at all. Absolutely, learn lots. But after teaching thousands of drummers and getting the question "which rudiments are crucial to learn", this is my answer. These 5 make up most every other rudiment. So therefore, they are the first 5 I teach and the ones I feel everyone should learn.
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