Drum Rudiments and Techniques

Drop your arms down relaxed and loose

Raise your left hand as if to wave

Hold the stick with both hands

Place the stick on the second joint of your finger

On the middle of the stick

On the top of the stick

On the side of the stick

On the bottom of the stick

High-pitched and sharp

Low and sonorous

Metallic and ringing

Muffled and quiet

Let the mallet rebound off the head with a J stroke

Press the mallet firmly against the head

Use a heavy mallet

Strike the center of the drum

Using both hands simultaneously

Using a different type of stick

Playing faster rhythms

Controlling and shaping the sound decay

Two main notes

Three alternating strokes

A double stroke with an accent

A grace note followed by a main note

5 inches

2 to 3 inches

7 to 8 inches

1 inch

A single stroke followed by three alternating strokes

Two alternating strokes followed by a double stroke

Four alternating strokes

Three double strokes

On the second stroke

On the last stroke

On the first stroke

On the third stroke